Revolutie in Libi� #56: Rebellen vechten voor wat ze waard zijn!

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Kim Willsher in Paris and Ian Black in Tripoli
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 March 2011 12.01 GMT

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son has claimed Libya helped finance Nicolas Sarkozy's successful re-election campaign in 2007 and wants the French president to give the money back.

In an interview with the Euronews TV channel, Saif al-Islam said the Libyan regime had details of bank transfers and was ready to make them public in a move designed to punish Sarkozy for throwing his weight behind the opposition forces in Libya.

Asked what he felt about Sarkozy's unsuccessful efforts to muster international support for military intervention against the regime in Tripoli, Saif said: "Sarkozy must first give back the money he took from Libya to finance his electoral campaign.

"We funded it. We have all the details and are ready to reveal everything. The first thing we want this clown to do is to give the money back to the Libyan people. He was given the assistance so he could help them but he has disappointed us. Give us back our money."

The Libyan regime has yet to release any incriminating documentary evidence.

A spokeswoman for the �lys�e Palace told the Guardian she had no information or comment about the claims.

Libyan sources have separately told the Guardian that substantial funds were paid into accounts to fund Sarkozy's presidential campaign in 2007. Sources in Tripoli have made clear that the leak of this information is direct retaliation for France's leading role in a diplomatic campaign to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and its unique recognition of the Benghazi-based rebel Libyan national council.

The Guardian has been unable to confirm the claims independently.

"Sarkozy is playing dirty, so we are playing dirty too," said a well-placed Libyan source.

French law places strict limits on party donations to candidates. Last year, Sarkozy was rocked by a political scandal involving alleged illegal donations to his party funds by France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt.

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March 16 2011 at 12:55pm
By Graeme Hosken and Phill Makagoe - IOL News

Libyan freedom fighters listen to retired instructors during a basic military training session at a secret location in Benghazi. Recruits will be trained to master weapons ranging from recoilless 120mm canons to RPGS. Photo: Phill Magakoe

At a secret location in Benghazi tens of thousands of young men are being trained daily to defend their capital, themselves, their families, neighbours and now their new-found freedom.

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On Wednesday 16th March 2011, @SaloumehZ said:

3:47pm #Libya Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from Benghazi:

I think [Gaddafi's statements about marching on Benghazi shortly are] probably talk, we don't get a feeling here that there is any looming threat to Benghazi. We're not hearing the sound of his aircraft in action, we're not hearing any artillery, we're not hearing any defences going up. So we've heard a lot of bravado and a lot of talk about 'liberation', but that's probably for public consumption and depending on which side of the fence you're on ... people here are still concerned about a fight that's going about 160km down the road in Ajdabiyah. It's not always clear exactly what's going on but we do understand that the rebels ... are still in control, but there's still heavy fighting going on around it

"Benghazi poses a completely different kind of target for Gaddafi and his forces and some are questioning whether or not he has the reinforcements and he has the supply chain necessary at this stage to make any kind of credible threat against the city.

"This is a city of 800,000 people. A lot of them are armed now, unlike February the 17th when the rebellion began, most of these people have looted weapons from army barracks and depots, and they are well-armed. And they know there's not many places left for them to go anymore. So unless they run to Egypt, this is going to be their last stand." @AJELive

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Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 15:38 schreef jamesstewart het volgende:
Gaddafi gaat winnen, daar is geen twijfel over mogelijk.

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Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 12:04 schreef rakotto het volgende:
Iedereen moet weten dat Kazafi juist niet aan het winnen is. Zagen jullie gisteren niet hoe hij erbij zat? En vergeten jullie weer hoe zij met propoganda omgaan? Steeds claimen dat zij wat hebben en iedereen kopieert het nieuws... Terwijl dat allemaal niet zo is.

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Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 13:28 schreef MisterJ.Lo het volgende:
Er is geen peil op te trekken op dit moment wie er aan de winnende hand is, bronnen zijn niet of slecht te controleren, live beelden zoals Al Jazeera in Egypte is bijna niet mogelijk en veel berichten zijn waarheidshalve moeilijk vast te stellen.

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Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 16:08 schreef rakotto het volgende:
Slechte kaart juist. O_o Ze zeggen dat Ajbadijah controlled is door anti en Benghazi heeft gevechten.... Sirt is namelijk ook ingenomen door rebellen...

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Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 16:14 schreef druide het volgende:
De zoon van Khaddafi, Saif al Islam, had net als de zoon van Moebarak kunnen vluchten naar een veilig land, maar heeft door zijn optredens in de afgelopen weken enig gezag, erkenning en legitimiteit verdiend. Hij is niet slechts 'de zoon van' maar een verstandige bestuurder. Als hij zijn vader opvolgt, zal niemand raar opkijken.

In interviews geeft hij voortdurend aan voor democratische, liberale waarden te staan. De tijd zal uitwijzen of hij dat echt meent en of de lokale realiteit van tribale stamverbanden dat �berhaupt mogelijk maken.

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Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 16:12 schreef SemperSenseo het volgende:

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Da's niet waar, slecht het vliegveld is bezet door voormalige Gaddafi troepen die zijn overgelopen naar de rebellen. Wat de rest betreft is de situatie tamelijk wanhopig voor de rebellen.

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Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 16:06 schreef SemperSenseo het volgende:

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Ik vind het onderstaande plaatje van Wikipedia (2011 Libyan uprising) wel illustratief, het wordt elke dag geupdated:

[ afbeelding ]
_{Groen: Cities controlled by pro-Gaddafi forces
Geel: Cities controlled by anti-Gaddafi forces
Bruin: Ongoing fighting/unclear situation}

Paar weken geleden was het helemaal bruin t/m Misurata (behalve Sirt en Bin Jawad) en veel stadjes om Tripoli heen. Nu is het compleet omgeslagen.