Libyan Revolution Tweets Part 6

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets Part 6

Previous Parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5


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.

[Kaleva]

1. Thanks for posting this! keep up the good work! Rec'd.

[Catherina]

5. Thanks Kaleva. Thanks for following this dreadful tragedy. n/t

[Catherina]

2. Britain & #France have suspended arms/weaponry sales to Libya due to gov't "excessive use of force"

LKhalilTRT Liliane Khalil
#Britain & #France have suspended arms/weaponry sales to #Libya due to gov't ""excessive use of force" via Radio France Internationale
5 minutes ago


Nice cosmetic gesture there guys.

[gateley]

7. Well, at least it's a gesture. Have we come out with any pronouncements at all?

I'm guessing we happily supply arms to Libya, too, but maybe it's a secret?

I was listening to the radio on the way home from work and it was like "and protesters here are..... and protesters there are.... and these protesters" -- WOW! It's like the spread of disease - only it's good!

The Egyptians have given so many others hope!

And by the way, Catherina, :yourock:

:hi:

[Catherina]

10. I've seen two statements.

One (only) from the state dept today

PJCrowley Philip J. Crowley
#Libya continues to restrict outside communications but it cannot hide the mounting death toll as it cracks down on peaceful protesters.
1 hour ago

and one from the White House yesterday

I am deeply concerned by reports of violence in Bahrain, Libya and Yemen. The United States condemns the use of violence by governments against peaceful protesters in those countries and wherever else it may occur. We express our condolences to the family and friends of those who have been killed during the demonstrations. Wherever they are, people have certain universal rights including the right to peaceful assembly. The United States urges the governments of Bahrain, Libya and Yemen to show restraint in responding to peaceful protests, and to respect the rights of their people.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/obama-statement-on-bahrain.html

About weapons sales, our MIC has already been caught in the past selling weapons to countries we're not supposed to by using 3rd countries as intermediaries. Officially I don't think we sold much to Libya since we only officially considered reselling to them in 2009. Unofficially, the international weapons market is thriving. There's got to be a special place in hell for arms dealers.

Hi Gately :hi:

This one's really bad. Egypt was a cakewalk compared to this.

[defendandprotect]

25. Here's CONTACT info for US State Department --

http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=NBFWK3nk&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD05MSw5MSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE!


Also here for CNN, White House, Red Cross --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=457221&mesg_id=460589





THANK YOU FOR MY HEARTS -- AND HERE ARE HUGS BACK --

:hug: :hug: :hug:

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:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Catherina]

30. Thank you. I sent the State Dept some angry tweets of my own.

but I''' reempathize my points more calmly with your links.

I hope many people here write. :hug:

[Catherina]

33. Thanks again. People on twitter were just asking for those! n/t

[defendandprotect]

34. They're also asking that we Sign this PETITION to the UN --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=461145&mesg_id=461587

[Catherina]

3. CNN Video: Libyan Witness Please Help Us

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/02/19/exp.bpr.libya.military.crackdown.cnn


Heart breaking.

[Catherina]

4. Youtube is removing Libya vids due 2 violent content~Some1 get word 2 them~there's a massacre in Lib

hempoilcures Phree Dom
by freespeach2
"@iyad_elbaghdadi Youtube is removing #Libya vids due 2 violent content~Some1 get word 2 them~there's a massacre in #Libya @monaeltahawy
6 minutes ago

[Catherina]

12. Whoever is uploading #Libya videos to Youtube, mark it as "18+" to avoid it being deleted for violen

1Seabiscuit Maria
by zubijpj
Whoever is uploading #Libya videos to Youtube, mark it as "18+" to avoid it being deleted for violent content! (RT) rt @iyad_elbaghdadi
28 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

6. "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." Tutu

Hariri_1987 Abdullah Hariri
by kttrend
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." ~ Desmond Tutu #Uprising #Libya #Bahrain
23 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[leftstreet]

8. "...we can't do this alone"

K&R

Thanks Catherina

[Catherina]

11. By all indications, Tripoli has risen too. I wish we could get more news

Sad, wasn't that? They feel so abandoned by the international arena since they're so cut off and by world leaders.

[Catherina]

9. European Parliament: call on the authorities to refrain from violence & attacking protesters

JerzyBuzek Jerzy Buzek
I call on the authorities to refrain from violence and from inciting their supporters to attack peaceful demonstrations in #Libya
13 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply



Jerzy Buzek
@JerzyBuzek EU
President of the European Parliament / Przewodniczący Parlamentu Europejskiego
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/president

[Catherina]

13. smoke clashes and fire on Sreem St and 3azizya where #Gaddafis compound is located in Tripoli

ZahratTrablis Zahrat El
Confirmed reports of smoke clashes and fire on Sreem St and 3azizya where #Gaddafis compound is located in #Tripoli #Libya
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

14. Egypt helping #Libya organize medical aid, read how to help

Frank

RT @Jiraffa: #Egypt helping #Libya organize medical aid, read how to help: http://pad.telecomix.org/kejgibum #Jan25 #Tripoli #humanrights @Telecomix

Long post from Deck.ly Just now View on Twitter

from: Libyan Youth Movement on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Libyan-Youth-Movement/133738650025293?v=wall


Alaa Badi (on facebook):

Message: Libyans are getting massacred while most of the world does nothing. The border with Egypt is now free and manned by citizens!!!!!! Libyans are begging for help. Egyptian brothers have already crossed the border. Please my Egyptian peeps get the word out in Egypt and beyond.

The Egypt numbers organizing this are ####, ####.

They need medical aid, food, water, blood donations (mainly A- and B- ).



http://pad.telecomix.org/kejgibum

[Catherina]

15. Where redcross/un/usa we don't needregrets later we need action now Stop planes full of mercenaries

Stateto BJ
@CNN @ABC @NBC @CBS @UN @MSNBC Where redcross/un/usa we don't needregrets later we needactons nowStop planes full of killers going to #libya
1 hour ago



sabers210 Libyan Freedom
Where is the UN i thought they were made to intervene in situations like #Libya
1 hour ago

AbdullaBinAqeel Abdullah Bin Aqeel
@
@HafedAlGhwell thanks ... UN !! , It's Useless;We have learned enough thoughout the years...long years.#libya #feb17
1 hour ago

[Catherina]

16. Citizens patrol Benghazi streets, East Libya Liberated, fear of chemical weapons

monaeltahawy Mona Eltahawy
by NanoNay
Citizens patrol #Benghazi streets: http://bit.ly/gYsfW3 via @AbdulHamidAhmad @LOrion #Libya
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Citizens patrol Benghazi streets
‘Libyan Arab republic' formed in liberated area.
By Duraid Al Baik, Associate EditorPublished: 00:00 February 20, 2011

Dubai: Libyans set up neighbourhood patrols in the shaken eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday as police disappeared from the streets following an attack by government forces on a two-day-old encampment of protesters demanding an end to Muammar Gaddafi's regime, eyewitnesses said.

The situation in the North African nation has become increasingly chaotic, according to reports reaching here.
Meanwhile, the opposition in eastern Libya announced the formation of a ‘Libyan Arab Republic' in what they claimed the liberated part of the country.

A spokesman for the revolutionists, Libyan Youth, said they hoisted the old tri-colour flag with a white crescent and star on public buildings in Benghazi, Al Bayda and Darna after police and security forces joined the revolution on Friday.

Amr Sa'ad, son of Sa'ad Abu Baker — one of the officers in the 1969 revolution along with Gaddafi, told Gulf News from Darna that nothing will allow Gaddafi's forces to return to the eastern part of the country. "The only fear is if Gaddafi uses chemical weapons to reoccupy the cities in the eastern part of the country. We call on the world to watch Gaddafi because he is in a desperate situation and might do anything to stay in power."

...

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/libya/citizens-patrol-benghazi-streets-1.764586

[Catherina]

17. Everytime I interviewed Gaddafi, largely incoherent in any language. Always appeared under influence

UKProgressive DenisCampbell
by AbirElixir
RT @bencnn Everytime I interviewed Gaddafi, largely incoherent in any language. Always appeared to be under influence of something. #Libya
21 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


DenisCampbell
@UKProgressive Cardiff
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief UK Progressive magazine / BBC TV & Radio Contributor / Journalist / Social Media Consultant
http://www.ukprogressive.co.uk


PSYCHOPATH. Drugged out psychopath with a nurse girlfriend who probably keeps him as high as a kite.

[Catherina]

18. Hospitals in Benghazi are in need for: Cefotax, Flumox, Declophin, Ciprofar, Dicynone, Valium

alihabibi1 Ali Habibi
Hospitals in Benghazi are in need for: Cefotax 1gm Flumox 1gm Declophin amp Ciprofar 500+750 tab Dicynone amp Valium amp #Libya
12 minutes ago

[Catherina]

19. This is UN mail box _ send a letter now condemning what is happening in Libya and request action

DaliaRashwan Dalia Rashwan
by tiffanihillin
This is UN mail box _ send a letter now condemning what is happening in Libya and request action [e-mail] #Libya
9 hours ago

[Catherina]

20. urgent call from #Bengahzi doctors to the world. the need the intervention of UN and the Red Cross

WMCLibya WMCLibya
by khatembe
An urgent callfrom #Benghazi doctors to the world. the need the intervention of UN and the Red Cross. #Libya
36 minutes ago

[Catherina]

21. Many dead, wounded in #Fashloom, Tripoli. My OWN grandma is taking people in.

LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
by AndreaMassaroni
Many dead and wounded in #Fashloom in Tripoli. My OWN grandma is taking people in. Her house is a make shift hospital now. #Libya
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

22. Crisis in Libya: Libyan Death Toll Might Top +200

JeffersonObama C Gauvin
by haivri
Crisis in Libya: Libyan Death Toll Might Top +200 : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/gaddafi-fights-for-his-future-as-up-to-200-die-in-benghazi-2220131.html #Libya
25 minutes ago

Gaddafi fights for his future as up to 200 die in Benghazi
Regime accused of hiring foreign mercenaries as clashes between supporters and pro-democracy demonstrators in the country's second city escalate

By Andrew Johnson and Susie Mesure
Sunday, 20 February 2011


Gaddafi pictured with the African Union flag at a Silvio Berlusconi speech last August

...

The widespread violence on Friday culminated in at least 35 deaths, according to Human Rights Watch. The New York-based watchdog said its tally was now 84 after three days of violence. The Benghazi-based Quryna newspaper, reportedly linked to one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons, said 24 were killed. Other reports put the body count higher, with as many as 200 dead and more than 1,000 hurt.

...

However, experts admitted the British Government and business interests were watching the situation closely. BP declined to comment on the situation last night but said it was concerned for its 140 employees in Libya. Security experts said all UK companies in Libya had contingency plans if the uprising spread.

...

Critics claim that British economic interests in Libya had muted support for the uprising there. British exports to Libya have risen to more than £400m and are set to increase dramatically as oil and gas investments by Shell and BP develop. Britain halted military exports to Libya last week but sniper rifles, which may have killed protesters yesterday, were amongst equipment exported to Tripoli last year.

...

He denied UK economic interests in the country would compromise the official response. "It is very much in the UK's political and security interest to work with Libya," he said.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/gaddafi-fights-for-his-future-as-up-to-200-die-in-benghazi-2220131.html

[Catherina]

23. The current time in Tripoli is 7:44 AM on Sunday, 20 February 2011

TimeInLibya Time In Libya
#Libya The current time in Tripoli is 7:30 AM on Sunday, 20 February 2011
14 minutes ago

[Catherina]

24. protests in #Libya capital have been shut down by security forces, gunfire used, arrests made

AJELive AJELive
Rahma, Tripoli resident, says protests in #Libya capital have been shut down by security forces, gunfire used, arrests made. #feb17
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

26. U can help #Libya. I donated 35. Pls donate however much Ucan

SaleemaGul Saleema Gul
U can help #Libya. I donated 35. Pls donate however much Ucan. http://bit.ly/cqnQ0Z they gng 2send special cameras/radios 2Libya, etc
1 minute ago

4,121 have donated. Help us get to 10,000

Across the Middle East -- in Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, and more countries every day, autocratic regimes are trying to crush unprecedented peaceful protests with brutality and blackouts.

Avaaz is working urgently to "blackout-proof" the protests -- with secure satellite modems and phones, tiny video cameras, and portable radio transmitters, plus expert support teams on the ground -- to enable activists to broadcast live video feeds even during internet and phone blackouts.

The window for us to deliver this help is closing fast, as regimes are moving quickly to choke off borders and internet connections. Small donations from 10,000 of us would fund critical technology and support teamsfor those who need it most. Let’s all chip in -- donate now:

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https://secure.avaaz.org/en/blackout_proof_the_protests/?fp

About Avaaz here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php

[Catherina]

27. News of Libyan officers joining the demonstrators and shooting down a plane carrying 70 mercenaries

DicPenderyn2011 BWebsclart
by mahjonvillage
News of Libyan officers joining the demonstrators and shooting down a plane carrying 70 mercenaries yesterday #libya #gaddafi
27 minutes ago

[Catherina]

28. Imams in the mosques of Tripoli refuse to read the sermons given to them by regime

GabyVerdier Gabrielle Verdier
@
RT @ishtarmuz: RT @libyanfsl: Imams in the mosques of Tripoli refuse to read the sermons given to them by regime #Feb17 #Libya
12 minutes ago

[Catherina]

29. Please sing this petition to the UN: Send help to Libya!

FreeLibyaNow_ Freedom
by Y_Salameh
Please sing this petition to the UN: Send help to Libya! - #feb17 #libya - libyafeb17.com/?p=1065
1 minute ago

Petition to the UN: Send help to Libya!
Posted on February 20, 2011 by admin
To: United Nations

People of the world, please do not stand by and let Muamar Gaddafi Kill the people of Libya for merely trying to voice their request for Democracy, as many countries have done successfully. By signing this petition you are urging the United Nations to intervene, and to do the best they can convince Muamar Gaddafi to step down as the leader of Libya. Medical Aid is requested, as is media coverage in Libya. Gaddafi will massacre the masses if we remain silent. Please act quickly, time is of the Essence.

http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=1065

[defendandprotect]

31. K/R -- sign the PETITION asking UN for help for Libya --

[MedleyMisty]

35. I signed

Kicking.

[Catherina]

36. I love you. Thank you n/t

[Raksha]

39. Signed the petition.

[GliderGuider]

41. Same here. The face of evil has been unmasked in Libya. The world needs to stop this psychopath. nt

[Catherina]

43. Thank you both! n/t

[defendandprotect]

61. If anyone else got a "non-delivery" msg for that address .... try this one ... !!!

http://www.un.org/en/contactus/

That's the original UN contact address I was circulating --

this more recent one came in a tweet --

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[Catherina]

37. internet is cut during the night in #Libya and comes back but slow interrupted during the day

Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
by Soumees
it seems that the internet is cut during the night in #Libya and comes back but slow interrupted during the day just got this info now
3 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

38. situation is VERY grave in #Benghazi. Libyans abroad are working with NGOs 2 try 2 get med. supplies

sahoura سحر
by valadon2
The situation is VERY grave in #Benghazi. Libyans abroad are working with NGO's to try to get med. supplies into #Libya (via @Libyan4life)
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

40. FB users. Change accts to https

mibrah Mohammed A. Ibrahim
by Satyagrahi_ji
Facebook users Go to Account -> Account Settings -> Account Security -> Check the "Secure Browsing (HTTPS)" box. #jan25 #egypt #libya
16 minutes ago

[Catherina]

42. Tony Blair our very special adviser by dictator Gaddafis son

LyndsayFarlow Lyndsay Farlow
Tony Blair our very special adviser by dictator Gaddafis son | Mail Online: http://bit.ly/ghHEtb #Libya #feb17
17 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Tony Blair our very special adviser by dictator Gaddafi's son
By NABILA RAMDANI, TIM SHIPMAN and PETER ALLEN
Last updated at 4:40 AM on 5th June 2010

Comments (44)

Tony Blair has become an adviser to Colonel Gaddafi, the Libyan dictator's son has sensationally claimed.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said the former prime minister has secured a consultancy role with a state fund that manages the country's £65billion of oil wealth.

...


Personal friends? Tony Blair meets Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi at his desert base

...

Saif suggested Mr Blair was involved in 'Africa projects' with his father, alleging: 'He also has some consultancy role with the Libyan Investment Authority.'

...

For us, he is a personal family friend. I first met him around four years ago at Number 10. Since then I've met him several times in Libya where he stays with my father. He has come to Libya many, many times.

...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284132/Tony-Blair-special-adviser-dictator-Gaddafis-son.html#ixzz1ETiiUnwP

[Catherina]

44. #Anonymous is going after #Libya

macdade bill davidson
#Anonymous is going after #Libya. http://on.fb.me/fBX5bB
19 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Mojorabbit]

45. Thank you so much for keeping this updated! nt

[Catherina]

46. Silvio Berlusconi doesn't want to 'bother' Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a close friend

LyndsayFarlow Lyndsay Farlow
by Catherina_Guate
Tony Blair our very special adviser by dictator Gaddafis son | Mail Online: http://bit.ly/ghHEtb #Libya #feb17
27 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi doesn't want to 'bother' Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

From: AFP February 20, 2011 9:32AM


ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday he will not "bother" Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a close friend, who faces an unprecedented challenge to his rule.

"I haven't heard from him," Berlusconi told reporters when asked whether he had been in contact with the Libyan strongman after human rights sources claimed Gaddafi's security forces killed more than 80 anti-regime protesters.

"The situation is not clear, so I will not bother anybody," ANSA news agency quoted him as saying.

...

Italy and oil-rich Libya, a former Italian colony, signed a friedship treaty in 2008 to further strengthen economic ties and fight clandestine immigration via the North African country.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/italian-pm-silvio-berlusconi-doesnt-want-to-bother-libyan-leader-muammar-gaddafi/story-e6frf7k6-1226008888466

[Catherina]

47. URGENT! #Misrata being attacked. Snipers entering city by hiding in AMBULANCES. They have no shame

bint_benghazi Yamah B
by FreedomWarORG
"URGENT!!!! #Misrata is being attacked. Snipers are entering the city by hiding in AMBULANCES. They have no shame #Libya #Misrata."
16 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

49. 8 killed dead in #Misrata and 4000 are out protesting

keesato kimikosato
by akaWACA@
@KRuddMP URGENT!!! 5mins ago. 8 killed dead in #Misrata and 4000 are out protesting. #Libya
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

48. the first documented massacre of the 21st century and the world sleeps. SHAME ON YOU US, UK UN

Sweet_Jessie7 Jessie
This is the first documented massacre of the 21st century and the world sleeps. SHAME ON YOU US, UK UN #LIBYA #BENGHAZI #TRIPOLI
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

50. Dear #American citizens please help us w our struggle. Let your reps know about Gaddafi's massacre

Angie_em Angie Emara
“@OnlyOneLibya: Dear #American citizens please help us w our struggle. Let your reps know about Gaddafi's massacre of Libyans. #Libya #USA”
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

51. am in a prison. The police are attacking us. They will kill us here. They killed 10 yesterday.

elidot Eli Tetteh
by snobnpearls
"I am in a prison. The police are attacking us. They will kill us here. They killed 10 yesterday..." http://bit.ly/igFsZq #libya
10 minutes ago

AUDIO (Arabic)

“I am Moftah Saleh from Libya. I am in a prison. The police are attacking us, they have thrown tear gas cannisters. I am appealing for Humans Rights Watch to come and rescue us, get us out of here. We are appealing for Human Rights Watch to help us. They will kill us. They have killed ten people, and they have said nothing about this in the media. I am a prisoner inside the prison. I can’t say which prison, they are listening in on the phones. They will kill us here, with tear gas and live bullets. They killed ten yesterday and two this morning.

http://alive.in/libya/2011/02/19/i-am-in-a-prison/

[Catherina]

52. Dear Arabs: A Letter from Western Leaders

Umm_Issa Natalya
New post from last night: Dear Arabs: A Letter from Western Leaders http://wp.me/pZSkS-2F #Libya #Bahrain #Yemen #Jan25 #Sidibouzid
9 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

Dear Arabs: A Letter from Western Leaders

Dear Arab People,

Please can you stop protesting now. We thought it was kind of cute when it was Tunisia. We were ok with losing Ben Ali, in general strategic terms, Tunisia is pretty much small fry. Also, it looked good when President Obama was able to praise the Tunisian people in his State of the Union Address. Made it look as if we actually believe you should have democracy and freedom of speech. However, you took it too far when you decided to get rid of Mubarak and refuse our halfway measure of putting Omar Suleiman as his successor.

Now you’re really taking the piss. I mean Bahrain – are you shitting us? It’s home to the US Fifth Fleet and, in the words of David Mellor, is a ‘stalwart friend’ of the UK. Are you trying to freak us out – I mean for goodness sake, most of the population are Shi’a! Next thing you know, Iran will be in charge and causing all kinds of problems. As for Libya, seriously? Did you have to wait until Qaddafi was a friend? You couldn’t have done this back in the 1980s when he was causing us all sorts of problems. You continue to protest in Yemen as if this poor ally isn’t trying to help us deal with al-Qaeda. And we hear that protests have taken place in Saudi Arabia and are due in Kuwait. This really is starting to mess with our minds. We’re even having to watch Al-Jazeera English which is very damaging (hence why no American cable network will carry it – what will happen if Americans turn over by accident from Fox)

Now, you’ve had your fun and you’ve even had your major victory in Egypt. Now, you can all go back home and stop trying to demand the same rights that our populations enjoy in the West. You have to remember that without a western friendly dictator in charge, you will make the wrong decisions. You already have the best things that our populations enjoy – Arabs Got Talent. It would be best for all if you finished with this ‘freedom’ phase and concentrate instead on willing your favourite act to win.

Yours sincerely,

The Western Leaders

*This post was inspired by David Mellor’s interview on the Radio 4 Today Programme which was fairly breathtaking. I’ve linked it in to this post.

http://ummissa.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/dear-arabs-a-letter-from-western-leaders/

Umm_Issa Natalya
@
@Catherina_Guate Hi, this is the link the BBC has http://tinyurl.com/46mlvx4 I hope that is working now
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Mellor: Bahrain 'a stalwart friend' of UK

AUDIO

Former Conservative cabinet minister David Mellor has urged "mature reflection" before Britain rushes to judgement on the protests in Bahrain.

Speaking to Today presenter Justin Webb, he said the Iranian influence on opposition leaders should be taken into account before UK strategy was decided.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9400000/9400471.stm

[Catherina]

53. In benghazi, ppl not afraid of death and understand they have to die for the country

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by feilefey
In benghazi, I spoke to people on the ground, they told me they r not afraid of death and understand they have to die for the country #Libya
2 hours ago

[Catherina]

54. Tobroq under full control of the people & its police force joined them

TamerLokman Dr. Tamer M. Lokman
#Libya confirmed: Tobroq under full control of the people & its police force joined them
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[Catherina]

55. central hospital in #Benghazi confirms the death of over 500 in the city

Seleucid Syrian Student
RT @alihabibi1 The central hospital in #Benghazi confirms the death of over 500 in the city #Libya #Feb17
58 seconds ago

[Catherina]

56. Lots of retweets now and old tweets being recycled as new by newcomers

I'm going to go sleep for a bit.

The net in Libya is still down. Only new information is coming from calls and there aren't many of those because Security monitors all the calls and people are terrified to talk over the phone.

Internet has reportedly been cut off once again in Libya. According to Massachusetts-based Arbor Networks Internet traffic in and out of the country came to an abrupt halt again on Saturday Feb 19 22:00 GMT.

http://thenextweb.com/2011/02/19/internet-restored-in-libya-after-6-hours-offline/

[Adsos Letter]

57. Please remember to get some rest, Catherina...

Your updates are greatly appreciated (especially for those of us who are "tweet impaired" :) ) but not at the expense of your health.

[drm604]

58. Tweets are claiming that the people are in charge of Benghazi.

RaraZizi 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 6 minutes ago via web

I wonder, is this true?

[Catherina]

59. That's an old tweet retweeted. From what I surmised last night, they thought they were

but reinforcements keep getting sent and the attacks then started from the air. Mercenaries and the Khamis Brigade, that US diplomats called "the most well-trained and well-equipped force in the Libyan military" in the Wiki cables, was sent in and both sides are digging in.

[Catherina]

60. Day 4, Part 1 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x462516