Revolution

[zkt]

Are we preaching to the choir?

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Understanding Libya's Michael Corleone
The international community saw Muammar's Western-educated, reform-minded son as the best hope for a freer, more democratic Libya. Did they get him wrong?
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/07/understanding_libyas_michael_corleone

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Arab League to officially request UN impose no-fly zone on Libya
Oman FM says Libya needs Arab League intervention, Arab inaction on the Libyan crisis could lead to 'unwanted foreign intervention'; Arab League chief says world must assist Libyan people against inhuman regime.
Arab League to officially request UN impose no-fly zone on Libya - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

 

[Michael Scally MD]

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[Michael Scally MD]

Four New York Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya
Four New York Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya - NYTimes.com

By JEREMY W. PETERS
March 16, 2011

The New York Times said Wednesday that four of its journalists reporting on the conflict in Libya were missing.

Editors at the paper said they were last in contact with the journalists on Tuesday morning New York time. The paper said it had received second-hand reports that members of its reporting team on the ground in the port city of Ajdabiya had been swept up by Libyan government forces.

The paper’s executive editor, Bill Keller, said The Times had not been able to confirm that information.

“We have talked with officials of the Libyan government in Tripoli, and they tell us they are attempting to ascertain the whereabouts of our journalists,” Mr. Keller said. “We are grateful to the Libyan government for their assurance that if our journalists were captured they would be released promptly and unharmed.”

The missing journalists are Anthony Shadid, the Beirut bureau chief and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting; Stephen Farrell, a reporter and videographer who was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2009 and rescued by British commandos; and two photographers, Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario, who have worked extensively in the Middle East and Africa.

“Their families and their colleagues at The Times are anxiously seeking information about their situation, and praying that they are safe,” Mr. Keller said.

The uprisings in the Arab world have made the region a dangerous place for journalists. During the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, journalists were repeatedly assaulted, accosted and detained. Two Times reporters were detained there and eventually released unharmed. Others, including Lara Logan of CBS News, who was sexually assaulted by a group of men, fared worse.

Last week, the BBC reported that four of its journalists were detained by Col.Muammar el-Qaddafi’s security forces. They were beaten with rifles and subject to mock executions, the network said.

The Times, like many news organizations, has procedures in place to carefully track its journalists’ whereabouts in war zones and areas of conflict. Susan Chira, foreign editor of The Times, said that each night editors discuss plans for the following day with their correspondents, who are expected to check in regularly.

“We expect to hear from them several times a day — and so do their colleagues in the field, who are often our early warning system of any trouble,” Ms. Chira said.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Libya No-Fly Zone Approved By U.N. Security Council
Libya No-Fly Zone Approved By U.N. Security Council

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Following U.N. Vote, France Vows Libya Action ‘Soon’
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/africa/19libya.html?src=twrhp

By DAN BILEFSKY, MARK LANDLER and ALAN COWELL
Published: March 18, 2011

UNITED NATIONS — Only hours after the United Nations Security Council voted to authorize military action, including airstrikes against Libyan tanks and heavy artillery and impose a no-flight zone to try to avert a rout of rebels by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. French officials said on Friday that military action would start “within a few hours” and news reports said British and French warplanes would spearhead the attack.

Eurocontrol, Europe’s air traffic control agency, said in Brussels on Friday that Libya had closed its airspace.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Libya Says It Will Release Times Journalists
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/africa/19journalists.html?_r=1

By DAVID KIRKPATRICK
Published: March 18, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya — Four New York Times journalists missing in Libya since Tuesday were captured by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and will be released Friday, his son, Seif Islam el-Qaddafi, told Christiane Amanpour in an ABC News interview.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Yemen declares 'state of emergency'
President announces state of emergency after dozens are killed in a crackdown on anti-government protests.
Yemen declares 'state of emergency' - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, has declared a nationwide state of emergency, after a violent crackdown on anti-government protests killed at least 30 people, and left scores more wounded, in the capital Sanaa.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Bahrain Tears Down Monument as Protesters Seethe
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/middleeast/19bahrain.html?hp

By ETHAN BRONNER
Published: March 18, 2011

MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain on Friday tore down the defining monument, the pearl at the center of Pearl Square, in a symbolic end to the popular protests put down by the government. The official news agency described the razing as a facelift.

It was one more strike at the movement, part of a chain of events that, in a matter of days, turned Bahrain from a symbol of hopeful pro-democratic protest into one of violent repression.

 

[zkt]

Kadafi Is so afraid that the UN resolution will result air strikes that he promises not to attack the rebels. The rebels, however, arent going to accept that as anything but another lie and will continue fighting for regime change . The psychopathic prick bought himself a day or two.

http://www.linktv.org/about/blog/post/780/libya-announces-immediate-military-ceasefire

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Breaking News :Benghazi attacked:Fighting reported jet shot down near Bengh

Breaking News :Benghazi attacked:Fighting reported jet shot down near Bengh
Fighter jet was shot down and burst into flames Saturday in the area of Benghazi, Libya. Explosions could also be heard in the city, which has been a stronghold for rebels opposing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. It was not immediately clear who the fighter jet belonged to....follow us and see the video Benghazi attacked:Fighting reported jet shot down near Benghazi

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Re: Breaking News :Benghazi attacked:Fighting reported jet shot down near Bengh

Breaking News :Benghazi attacked:Fighting reported jet shot down near Bengh
Fighter jet was shot down and burst into flames Saturday in the area of Benghazi, Libya. Explosions could also be heard in the city, which has been a stronghold for rebels opposing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. It was not immediately clear who the fighter jet belonged to....follow us and see the video Benghazi attacked:Fighting reported jet shot down near Benghazi

 

[zkt]

Al Jazeera just now reported that the aformentioned jet was a Mig-12 rebel plane and their own antiaircraft shot it down by mistake.

 

[rredor9]

breaking news : America occupied Libya

America occupied Libya to establish a military base in the deserts of Libya This was the goal of America's hand, Egypt
Fighter jets zoomed across eastern Libya on Sunday as an internationaltomahawk- Missiles and planes strike Libya military coalition hammered air defense positions near the capital for a second day....follow us and see the videos breaking news : America occupied Libya to establish a military base in the deserts of Libya This was the goal of America's hand, Egypt

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Yemeni president's own tribe demands he step down
The Associated Press: Yemeni president's own tribe demands he step down

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Yemeni president's own tribe has called on him to step down after a deadly crackdown on protesters, robbing the embattled U.S.-backed leader of vital support in a society dominated by blood ties.

Some of the country's most important religious leaders joined in the call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh's resignation, and his human rights minister announced she was quitting as tens of thousands joined a burial procession for some of the more than 40 protesters slain by government gunmen Friday.
The massive crowds flooded into Sanaa University's square in the capital and huge solidarity

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Arab unrest spreads to Syria as thousands march
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/20/us-syria-idUSTRE72J1VZ20110320

(Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians demanded an end to 48 years of emergency law on Saturday, a third straight day of protests emerging as the biggest challenge to Syria's rulers since unrest swept the Arab world this year.

Syria to free child prisoners
Protests continue for a third day as the government announces it will free children arrested for pro-democracy graffiti.
Syria to free child prisoners - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

The Syrian government says it will release 15 children whose arrest helped fuel several days of protests which have left at least five civilians dead.

An official statement released on Sunday said the children, who had written pro-democracy graffiti inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, would be released immediately.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Top army commanders defect in Yemen
Troops and tanks deploy in Sanaa to protect anti-government protesters as three military officials back uprising.
Top army commanders defect in Yemen - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Three top Yemeni army commanders have declared their support for anti-government protesters seeking the resignation of the country''s president, Ali Abudullah Saleh.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

See Ya, Saleh
Yemen's embattled president struggles on the brink of collapse.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/23/see_ya_saleh

The writing has been on the wall in Yemen for weeks. In Taiz, a highlands city of half a million, people painted it on huge banners; in Sanaa they baked it into bread; and everywhere they chanted it: Irhal. Go. That single Arabic word has united Yemen's fractured political opposition, turning old enemies into temporary allies and pushing President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime to the brink of collapse.

The protest movement against Saleh's 32 years of rule has been growing since Feb. 11, when Hosni Mubarak stepped down in Egypt. That day, for the first time, student activists and pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets outside the umbrella of Yemen's largest opposition grouping, the Joint Meeting Parties. In much the same way Egypt's 1952 revolution shaped and inspired Yemen's own uprising a decade later, so too has Egypt's January 25 Revolution found an echo in Yemen. In addition to demanding Saleh's resignation, protesters are also calling for key members of his family to surrender their positions in the military.