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23:14 3 loud explosions were heard in Tripoli.
22:34 Al Jazeera English The US has condemned the attacks on embassies in Tripoli. US state department spokesman Mark Toner said the Gaddafi government had “once again breached its international responsibilities and obligations” by failing to protect diplomatic missions in Tripoli.
22:10 Reuters Witnesses spoke of more intense fighting at the Wazin border crossing. Some of Gaddafi’s artillery shells landed around the town of Dhehiba in Tunisia. Many Libyans continue to flee, afraid that Gaddafi will retaliate.
17:55 Alex Thomson, Channel 4 correspondent, reports that Misrata port is under heavy bombardment and on fire due to shelling and Grad missiles.
17:36 Robert Rowley says there are reports that Mutassim Gaddafi forcibly recruited youth in Zlitan and gave them gas masks and that they are being led to Misrata right now in civilian clothes and cars.
17:30 ShababLibya, reporting from Misrata, say large numbers of tanks and rocket launchers are gathered at soog al Twansa between Bani Walid and Misrata, and that many tanks are gathered at Misrata’s air force academy as well.
17:15 Times of Malta Gaddafi forces have been seen roaming the streets of Misrata wearing gas masks, contacts have told the Times of Malta. Sources at the hospital confirmed these reports and an independent source says thousands of gas masks had been distributed to troops yesterday. A source in Misrata said: “”The winds are blowing from the East right now which would make a gas attack unlikely but many people are viewing the death of Gaddafi’s son as the tipping point which could trigger the worst feared retaliation.”
17:09 BBC Buildings belonging to the UN were also subject to a mob attack in Tripoli. The UN says it’s withdrawing all its international staff from Tripoli.
16:20 Reuters The UK has condemned attacks on the British embassy in Tripoli and other diplomatic missions. “Such actions, if confirmed, would be deplorable as the Gaddafi regime has a duty to protect diplomatic missions. This would be yet another breach of Gaddafi’s international obligations,” a foreign office spokeswoman said earlier. The foreign office says it has information that other foreign sites have been attacked as well and has expelled Libya’s ambassador to the UK, he has 24 hours to leave the country. Smoke was also seen rising from the Italian embassy on Sunday. Italy also strongly condemned the attack as a “grave and vile act”.
15:19 Reuters An opposition spokesman has said that Gaddafi forces are advancing on the town of Zintan, firing rockets.
15:15 Al Jazeera English Battles appear to be raging in several cities across Libya. Al Jazeera is hearing reports that a large convoy of Gaddafi military vehicles entered two towns just outside the city of Ajdabiya. But NATO then apparently moved in with air strikes. Further west, near the western border with Tunisia is where gunbattles are reportedly going on between government troops and anti-Gaddafi forces. This spot has been the source of regular skirmishes and is a vital supply line
13:35 Reuters NATO air strikes destroyed 45 vehicles belonging to Gaddafi’s forces after they killed at least 5 civilians in Jalu and Awlijah.
11:50 Reuters The UK foreign office minister says he has no verification that one of Gaddafi’s sons was killed in a NATO air strike.
11:15 Al Jazeera Arabic A caller on Al Jazeera says the city of Zintan is under attack from Grad missiles yesterday and Gaddafi forces are trying to enter the town. NATO planes can be heard overhead.
10:57 BBC UK prime minister David Cameron has told the BBC that NATO’s targeting policy in Libya is clear and in line with the UN resolution.
2:50 Feb17voices Several callers reporting of heavy shelling of residential areas Misrata. The earlies casualty numbers said that 17 were killed and 29 injured, but this hasn’t been confirmed yet. One caller says the shelling likely comes from the Air Force academy. Another caller counted over 50 explosions.
2:48 Sky News Misrata came under renewed attack late at night and in the early hours of the morning.
01:12 Various sources It’s worth noting there is a lot of skepticism and doubt regarding the news of the death of Saif al-Arab and three grandsons.
@Libyansrevolt writes: “Last time Reagan bombed #Libya in 1986 #Gaddafi claimed adopted daughter Hana killed – she studied medicine in #Tripoli 2 years ago”
@IbnOmar2005 writes: “So now gaddafi wants us to believe that his 3 grandchildren and low profile son died while him and his wife were unharmed at all.”
@ElBayouk writes: “Although bear in mind reports seem to all originate from #Libya state TV – so nothing is certain”
@Libyahmed asks: “Last 24hours:1) #gaddafi asks for #nato ceasefire 2) #nato respond saying no negotiation 3)G reports airstrike killed his son #coincidence?” and later adds “This is a trick to further split the already unstable #nato… G exploiting the stalemate within nato! China&russia will complain!”
@Thanku4theAnger writes: “Treat Saif Alarab’s death with scepticism till proven 100% true. Might be a media trick to criticise NATO and gain sympathy”
00:50 Reuters Three of Gaddafi’s grandsons have also been killed in a NATO strike, Moussa Ibrahim said.
00:40 Press conference Saif al-Arab, the younger son of Gaddafi has been killed in a NATO air strike, according to government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim.
G. needed to step down weeks ago…his family’s blood is on his own hands.
Well, now he knows the terror other Libyans are going through at his hands.
How ironic, reminds me of Operation El Dorado Canyon back in 1986 where the US killed one of Gadhafi’s children during an airstrike.
apparently that daughter did not die, still alive.
Please bear in mind the source of this info is from Daffy’s own TV. Till we see the body and forensic examination is carried out, this news should be treated as a lie. The reported number of people who are killed on this strike is 4. The number killed so far by Daffy is in their thousands, the number of disabled created by Daffy so far is in their 1000s, the number of refugees is in their 1000s, the infrastructure destroyed because of Daffy evilness is …………………………….. we can list the 42 years of destruction he caused this country.
He destroyed families, yet he complains about NATO destroying his. What a hypocrite!
Yeah, of course, but you imply “we” should not ask the very same thing of the rebels when they make absurd, unsubstantiated claims that “10,000″ people have died, that mass graves containing hundreds of people were dug (turns out the “mass grave” in question only contained 8 people), that all civilian deaths and injuries are caused by government troops rather than rebels, that government forces are systematically raping women, etc. To anticipate counter arguments before they occur, none of these claims have been independently proven or verified, and most rest on the unsubstantiated claims of rebel officials. BOTH unsubstantiated claims made by government TV AND unsubstantiated claims made by the rebels should be treated as unproven until actual evidence is presented.
Oh, and “42 years of destruction” please, spare me. If “42 years of destruction” means 42 years of building the very infrastructure that is now being destroyed by the fighting than you may be correct, otherwise you off the mark rather substantially.
You mean the infrastructure created to terrorize Libyan citizens into submission? The infrastructure that killed civilians and take reporters as hostages?
I think you have not lived in Libya. Libya is a failed state because of Daffy’s evil soul. Education is the worst in the Arab world. Thee roads are a disgrace. we go to Tunisia and Egypt to seek the simplest medical treatment. When a doctor writes you a prescription, you need to go to Tunisia to get your medician. Daffy wasted the wealth of Libya on his support of terrorism all over the world/ He was giving our money away to Africa to buy their love and loyalty. This is Libyan money, not African money.
Yes Daffy destroyed Libya for 42 years. If there is something built in Libya, it was the Libyans who built it with their money. Not Daffy the bustard.
Dear Friend don’t write like this .I have worked in Libya for about 15 years.I had a close contact with Libyans.All my friends are Libyans. They really worship this great man Gadafi.From the managers to Low level staff.All most all. But I have met some of the Libyans like this rebels. They complains all the time. They say “O this man gives all opportunities to his family. Because lost time they gave me 6 months training in UK but they arranged one year training for the person who close to big Muthir” But believe me those people who complain all the time have very poor skill set. Also they don’t know any thing about real outside world. What are you going to do after drive yr wonderfull leader gadaffi?Are you going to eat gold and dring oil.?This is a kind of attitude that a young kid who loves to eat chocolate, fulfill its dream after send his father out.You are still kids.I am living in a poor country.I know the politics verywell.You are going to cry for years for your misbehavior. He is a real leader.Mr gadaffi has established wonderful petroleum institutes in Zawia. Youngsters gets petroleum science from this institution and come to our plants for 2 years hands on training. He sends the Libyan youths to UK.US.ITALY for training all the time.The people who bombing on you knows these things very well.If Mr.Gadaffi make some diplomatic mistakes it should be corrected in a diplomatic way. Not in this way.Kill yr father and eat chocolate until you get desease.
A real leader who assassinates his critics? A leader who terrorizes citizens to love him? You earn Stalin as your leader. You would love his leadership since he is closely the same lines in leadership as Gaddafi.
I don’t think any one was killed in the bombing! This is just the Gaddafi regime trying to gain sympathy and break the Nato and Arab League coalitions!
Or maybe a killing of his own cover-up. We don’t know.
They now say he studied in Munich, Germany, but the german newspapers rather speak of driving around with a ferrari and of arms smuggling. I think, even the Munich police president met him at one point and asked him to leave the country.
http://translate.google.de/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sueddeutsche.de%2Fmuenchen%2Fsohn-des-diktators-in-muenchen-gaddafi-ist-weg-seine-schulden-bleiben-1.1064171
Another article:
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Yes ‘a’ I believe that particular ‘Saif’ is in Germany…living it up as Misrata is pounded. To any opposition that can keep clear of G targets, please do so.
@ stev
You are talking as if we had another president instead of this Daffy, he would not build schools, he would not invest in oil industry, etc. It is natural to invest in oil industry because it is the only source of income to Libya. You are talking as if there are not qualified people in Libya. These basis economy structures are part of every country. Libya has the oil to build the infrastructure. It is not because of Daffy – think! The same goes with your other logics. It is not because of Daffy that we have few people who study abroad. The same would have happened if we had a different leader. And bear in mind, the majority of students who study abroad at the moment are not even qualified to study in Libya, the only qualification they have is close contacts to people who are in power to be able to get opportunity to study abroad.
Yes there are people who support Daffy. I have to take you back to the 80s, when Daffy nationalized the private properties of people and gave them to the poor. You might argue this was a good thing. Not it is not a good thing to steal from people who worked for what they have and give it to someone else. Those people were happy to obey the unjust orders of Daffy and steal the properties, shops, factories of others. Now those are the people who support Daffy now with their children. Because they know they have been living, eating other peoples properties for 30-40 years and if Daffy goes, they will be taken to justice.
Daffy did not have to do that as Libya is rich in oil and there is enough money for everyone.
Your condescending response to my post is ridiculous. Eating chocolate? you are talking as if we were stupid people and do not know how to function.
I ask you a question: who is destroying the infrastructure, houses, hospitals and killing innocent people and raping women etc of Libya now in Misrata, Western Mountains, and other cities.
Who provided the opportunity for outside intervention to take place? If Daffy listened to the Libyans and stepped down, NATO would not have had an excuses to intervene.
That is IT. I for one am totally pissed at Gaddafi. Preparing for a gross crime against humanity- a gas attack against the innocent people of Misrata, just because a few of the evil Gaddafi genes have been removed from the gene pool, is reprehensible in the extreme! For this, we must wipe out Gaddafi’s entire family! We must not stop until all of the evil Gaddafi genes are removed from the gene pool!
I support you 100%.
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