MO Midden-Oosten
Bespreek hier de actuele situatie omtrent het Midden-Oosten.
Volgens de berichten Brega nu ook bevrijdt en op naar Sirte
LibyaNewMedia @ChangeInLibya Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action.
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
LibyaNewMedia @ChangeInLibya Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action.
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
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ChangeInLibya\
If you're wondering why Gaddafi's soldiers are fleeing and leaving their tanks/APCs - there's a BIG SHORTAGE OF FUEL & ammo\
If you're wondering why Gaddafi's soldiers are fleeing and leaving their tanks/APCs - there's a BIG SHORTAGE OF FUEL & ammo\
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Khamis Gaddafi toured US military facilities weeks before Libya crisis
A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured US ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on rebels protesting his father's authoritarian regime.
A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured US ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on rebels protesting his father's authoritarian regime.
quote:Khamis Gaddafi, 27, spent four weeks in the US as part of an internship with AECOM, a global infrastructure company with deep business interests in Libya, according to Paul Gennaro, AECOM's Senior Vice President for Global Communications.
His US trip was to include visits to the Port of Houston, Air Force Academy, National War College and West Point, Mr Gennaro said.
The West Point visit was cancelled on Feb 17, when the trip was cut short and Gaddafi returned to Libya, Mr Gennaro said. The uprising in Libya began with a series of protests on Feb 15.
By late February, forces controlled by Khamis Gadhafi were leading the brutal assault to retake Zawiya, a city near Tripoli that rebels captured soon after the uprising began.
Reports suggested that Khamis Gaddafi may have been killed earlier this week after a disaffected Libyan air force pilot crash-landed his jet in the ruling family's headquarters. There has been no confirmation of his death.
Mr Gennaro said the US state department approved of the trip, and considered Khamis Gaddafi a reformer. He said the government signed off on the itinerary, at times offering advice that affected the company's plans for Gaddafi.
State department officials denied any role in planning, advising or paying for the trip.
"We did greet him at the airport. That is standard courtesy for the son of the leader of a country," said Mark Toner, state department spokesman. Mr Toner said the government was aware of Gaddafi's itinerary, but "did not sign off on it."
AECOM was not paid to arrange the trip, and did not pay for related expenses, Mr Gennaro said. He said the trip was arranged at the request of a Libyan, whom he declined to name.
Mr Gennaro was one of the AECOM executives who met with Gaddafi during the trip, to educate him on American corporate practices.
He said Gaddafi was "very, very interested in the planning, design, how do you advance large infrastructure projects."
"That was the nature and the tenor of this internship," he said.
Gaddafi, Moammar Gaddafi's youngest son, was pursuing an MBA at the IE Business School, in Madrid, Spain, until earlier this month. The school expelled him because of his role in attacks on Libyan protesters.
Khamis Gadhafi led the Khamis Brigade, one of several professional military units that are loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi.
US diplomats in leaked memos have called it "the most well-trained and well-equipped force in the Libyan military."
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
laat zien hoe snel en onverwacht alle ontwikkelingen gaanquote:Op zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:09 schreef yavanna het volgende:
Khamis Gaddafi toured US military facilities weeks before Libya crisis
A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured US ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on rebels protesting his father's authoritarian regime.
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Ik heb Hem niet uit vrees voor de hel noch uit liefde voor het paradijs gediend, want dan zou ik als de slechte huurling zijn geweest; ik heb hem veeleer gediend in liefde tot Hem en in verlangen naar Hem.
-Rabia Al-Basri
-Rabia Al-Basri
Hij was ook begonnen aan een studie in Madrid vorig jaar. En die andere zoon die in München studeerde schijnt in Parijs te zitten. Het zijn allemaal wolven in schaapskleren.quote:
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laat zien hoe snel en onverwacht alle ontwikkelingen gaan
ShababLibya
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Ow ja, Brega is de volgende stad op weg naar Tripoli.quote:
ShababLibya
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
vraag me af of K nog wat zware materiaal heeft liggen in Brega of dat alles richting bengazi was gegaanquote:
ShababLibya
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
Ik heb Hem niet uit vrees voor de hel noch uit liefde voor het paradijs gediend, want dan zou ik als de slechte huurling zijn geweest; ik heb hem veeleer gediend in liefde tot Hem en in verlangen naar Hem.
-Rabia Al-Basri
-Rabia Al-Basri
Volgens eerdere berichten zijn ze al voorbij Brega en op weg naar Sirte. Maar aangezien daar nog veel pro's zitten moet dat wat onopvallender.
Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
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Is er ook een up-to date kaartje welke weergeeft welke steden op dit moment in handen zijn van de rebellen?
French soldiers are winched down from a helicopter next to an E2C-Hawkeye airborne early warning and control plane on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during the international military operations in Libya
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Actueel kaartje:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libyan_Uprising.svg
Groen = Kadhafi
Bruin = Oppositie
Blauw = Onduidelijk/gevechten gaande
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libyan_Uprising.svg
Groen = Kadhafi
Bruin = Oppositie
Blauw = Onduidelijk/gevechten gaande
feb17libya
Watch the Video of Eman Al-Obeidi being taken away in the hotel as a brave journalists tries to protect her http://bit.ly/eIchsj
[ Bericht 99% gewijzigd door yavanna op 26-03-2011 15:33:36 ]
Watch the Video of Eman Al-Obeidi being taken away in the hotel as a brave journalists tries to protect her http://bit.ly/eIchsj
[ Bericht 99% gewijzigd door yavanna op 26-03-2011 15:33:36 ]
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Jamal al-Zway one of the rebel leaders speaking from Brega now: God willing, we will be having supper outside Ras Lanouf tonight #libya
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi soldiers are lightly armed, and are in full retreat. They no longer have any tanks or armour
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi doesn't have the means 2 stop us, however Sirte is his stronghold and will be difficult #libya
N_Benghazi Weapons have been supplied to revolutionaries in #Misrata! #Libya #Feb17
A supply and aid ship heading to Misrata (from Malta, I assume) was intercepted by Gaddafi frigates, threatened & forced to go back #libya
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi soldiers are lightly armed, and are in full retreat. They no longer have any tanks or armour
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi doesn't have the means 2 stop us, however Sirte is his stronghold and will be difficult #libya
N_Benghazi Weapons have been supplied to revolutionaries in #Misrata! #Libya #Feb17
A supply and aid ship heading to Misrata (from Malta, I assume) was intercepted by Gaddafi frigates, threatened & forced to go back #libya
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De staats tv heeft wel humor 
1341: Libyan state TV has an original take on the march in London against government spending cuts. A screen caption reads: "Tens of thousands of British citizens out in mass protests now in front of the British House of Commons condemning the colonialist, crusader aggression against the Libyan Great Jamahiriyah."
1341: Libyan state TV has an original take on the march in London against government spending cuts. A screen caption reads: "Tens of thousands of British citizens out in mass protests now in front of the British House of Commons condemning the colonialist, crusader aggression against the Libyan Great Jamahiriyah."
CineversityTV Pi-Qui Baltink
#UK says it fears attacks against British targets if #gadaffi remains in power #libya #dictatorships #terrorism #europe #gadafficrimes
2 minutes ago
M.a.w. de Kolonel moet gewoon weg.
#UK says it fears attacks against British targets if #gadaffi remains in power #libya #dictatorships #terrorism #europe #gadafficrimes
2 minutes ago
M.a.w. de Kolonel moet gewoon weg.
Yup deze oorlog hoort bij de globale war on terror.quote:Op zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:46 schreef remlof het volgende:
CineversityTV Pi-Qui Baltink
#UK says it fears attacks against British targets if #gadaffi remains in power #libya #dictatorships #terrorism #europe #gadafficrimes
2 minutes ago
M.a.w. de Kolonel moet gewoon weg.
Nee hoor, maar een staatshoofd dat dreigt met aanvallen op onze steden moeten we zo snel mogelijk vanaf.quote:
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Yup deze oorlog hoort bij de globale war on terror.
Ik dacht precies dit toen ik het zag op AJEquote:
De staats tv heeft wel humor
1341: Libyan state TV has an original take on the march in London against government spending cuts. A screen caption reads: "Tens of thousands of British citizens out in mass protests now in front of the British House of Commons condemning the colonialist, crusader aggression against the Libyan Great Jamahiriyah."
Een staatshoofd die met aanslagen op burgerdoelen dreigt is een terrorist. En dus een legitiem doel in de war on terror.quote:Op zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:49 schreef remlof het volgende:
Nee hoor, maar een staatshoofd dat dreigt met aanvallen op onze steden moeten we zo snel mogelijk vanaf.
Associated Press
Libyan rebels regain key city after airstrikes
By RYAN LUCAS and BEN HUBBARD , 03.26.11, 09:32 AM EDT
AJDABIYA, Libya -- Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. In a western city the opposition lost to Gadhafi, a resident said security agents had lists of rebel sympathizers and were dragging them from their homes.
Drivers honked in celebration and flew the tricolor rebel flag. Others in the city fired their guns into the air and danced on burned-out tanks that littered the road. Inside a building that had served as makeshift barracks for pro-Gadhafi forces, hastily discarded uniforms were piled on the floor.
"Without the planes we couldn't have done this. Gadhafi's weapons are at a different level than ours," said Ahmed Faraj, 38, a rebel fighter from Ajdabiya. "With the help of the planes we are going to push onward to Tripoli, God willing."
Ajdabiya's sudden fall to Gadhafi's troops spurred the swift U.N. resolution authorizing international action in Libya, and its return to rebel hands on Saturday came after a week of airstrikes and missiles against the Libyan leader's military.
Saif Sadawi, a 20-year-old rebel fighter with an RPG in his hands, said the city's eastern gate fell late Friday and the western gate fell at dawn Saturday after airstrikes on both locations.
"All of Ajdabiya is free," he said.
Libyan rebels regain key city after airstrikes
By RYAN LUCAS and BEN HUBBARD , 03.26.11, 09:32 AM EDT
AJDABIYA, Libya -- Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. In a western city the opposition lost to Gadhafi, a resident said security agents had lists of rebel sympathizers and were dragging them from their homes.
Drivers honked in celebration and flew the tricolor rebel flag. Others in the city fired their guns into the air and danced on burned-out tanks that littered the road. Inside a building that had served as makeshift barracks for pro-Gadhafi forces, hastily discarded uniforms were piled on the floor.
"Without the planes we couldn't have done this. Gadhafi's weapons are at a different level than ours," said Ahmed Faraj, 38, a rebel fighter from Ajdabiya. "With the help of the planes we are going to push onward to Tripoli, God willing."
Ajdabiya's sudden fall to Gadhafi's troops spurred the swift U.N. resolution authorizing international action in Libya, and its return to rebel hands on Saturday came after a week of airstrikes and missiles against the Libyan leader's military.
Saif Sadawi, a 20-year-old rebel fighter with an RPG in his hands, said the city's eastern gate fell late Friday and the western gate fell at dawn Saturday after airstrikes on both locations.
"All of Ajdabiya is free," he said.
amal al-Zway one of the rebel leaders speaking from Brega now: God willing, we will be having supper outside Ras Lanouf tonight
Tripoli, High Ranking Official: "over 100'000 Kalashnikov have been spread even if we didn't want to! we had to".
Vertaald maar weet niet wat te denken.
Jeugd Tripoli organiseert zichzelf.. En de weg de tempel van de onderneming van een Overgangsraad voor de Unie aan een latere datum met de overgang in verschillende gebieden van Libië.. Wacht op verrassingen
Vertaald maar weet niet wat te denken.
Jeugd Tripoli organiseert zichzelf.. En de weg de tempel van de onderneming van een Overgangsraad voor de Unie aan een latere datum met de overgang in verschillende gebieden van Libië.. Wacht op verrassingen
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Retake of Ajdabya in pictures
Voor zelfrijdend geschut ziet het er goed uit.quote:Rebels hold up the flag of the Kingdom of Libya on a destroyed tank
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[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
cnn Ben
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt offcls threw bag/cloth over woman's head, bundled her, kicking & screaming, out of hotel and into van.
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt offcls threw bag/cloth over woman's head, bundled her, kicking & screaming, out of hotel and into van.
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
Gaan de journo's nu de wapens oppakken?quote:
cnn Ben
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt offcls threw bag/cloth over woman's head, bundled her, kicking & screaming, out of hotel and into van.
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
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[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
Ben trouwens best wel geschokt van dat filmpje van die vrouw die een zaal met buitenlandse journalisten binnenloopt.
Ben bang dat ze haar niet alleen in een cel gaan zetten.
Ben bang dat ze haar niet alleen in een cel gaan zetten.
ze voeren ook een journalist af - eind van het filmpjequote:
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Gaan de journo's nu de wapens oppakken?
Op dit moment worden er ook minderjarige Iraanse vrouwen verkracht door Iraniërs voordat ze gestenigd worden.quote:
Ben trouwens best wel geschokt van dat filmpje van die vrouw die een zaal met buitenlandse journalisten binnenloopt.
Ben bang dat ze haar niet alleen in een cel gaan zetten.
Klopt. Nu zie je echter op beeld hoe ze wordt aangepakt en komt het toch dichterbij.quote:
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Op dit moment worden er ook minderjarige Iraanse vrouwen verkracht door Iraniërs voordat ze gestenigd worden.
Mag je hypocriet noemen maar zo is het nu eenmaal.
En dat klopt van jouw kant weer.quote:
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Klopt. Nu zie je echter op beeld hoe ze wordt aangepakt en komt het toch dichterbij.
Mag je hypocriet noemen maar zo is het nu eenmaal.
As reporters, including Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller, gathered to hear her story, security guards grabbed the woman, bundled her into a car and drove her away following a brawl.
Jonathan Miller said: "I personally saw a waiter and a waitress raise a knife to try to stop this woman talking.
"They accussed her of being a traitor and betraying the Gaddafi regime."
The woman, Eman al-Obaidi, said she was arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli because she is from the city of Benghazi, the bastion of a rebel insurgency against Gaddafi's rule.
"They swore at me and they filmed me. I was alone. There was whiskey. I was tied up," she said, weeping and stretching out her arms to show scars.
Her face was heavily bruised and her upper right thigh had blood on it. "They peed on me. They violated my honour," said Obaid.
Obaidi, wearing a loose black coat and slippers, said she had been raped by 15 men and held for two days at the checkpoint.
Her story could not be independently verified. It was unclear whether she had escaped or had been released.
Obaidi was eventually forced into a garden outside the hotel. Journalists trying to get to her were pushed away.
"Leave me alone," she shouted from the garden as one man tried to cover her mouth with his hand.
She was then dragged to a parking lot and bundled into a white car. Security men said they were taking her to hospital.
"They are taking me to jail," she yelled, trying to resist the security guards. "They are taking me to jail."
Jonathan Miller said: "I personally saw a waiter and a waitress raise a knife to try to stop this woman talking.
"They accussed her of being a traitor and betraying the Gaddafi regime."
The woman, Eman al-Obaidi, said she was arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli because she is from the city of Benghazi, the bastion of a rebel insurgency against Gaddafi's rule.
"They swore at me and they filmed me. I was alone. There was whiskey. I was tied up," she said, weeping and stretching out her arms to show scars.
Her face was heavily bruised and her upper right thigh had blood on it. "They peed on me. They violated my honour," said Obaid.
Obaidi, wearing a loose black coat and slippers, said she had been raped by 15 men and held for two days at the checkpoint.
Her story could not be independently verified. It was unclear whether she had escaped or had been released.
Obaidi was eventually forced into a garden outside the hotel. Journalists trying to get to her were pushed away.
"Leave me alone," she shouted from the garden as one man tried to cover her mouth with his hand.
She was then dragged to a parking lot and bundled into a white car. Security men said they were taking her to hospital.
"They are taking me to jail," she yelled, trying to resist the security guards. "They are taking me to jail."
quote:De Libische staatstelevisie meldt dat duizenden Britten voor het parlementsgebouw in Londen demonstreren tegen de "koloniale agressie van de kruisvaarders tegen Libië".
Het door het regime gecontroleerde medium toonde geen beelden van die demonstratie, alleen een tekst in het Engels.
Er is op dit moment inderdaad een massale manifestatie in de Britse hoofdstad. Maar: de naar schatting 200.000 betogers demonstreren tegen Britse bezuinigingsplannen, niet tegen de militaire acties in Libië.
AJE
3:00pm
In the past hour allied war planes have hit Gaddafi targets in the opposition-held town of Misurata. Pro-democracy fighters now say they have moved past Brega further to the west. And that they are heading towards Ras Lanuf - another oil-rich town.
Al Jazeera's James Bays says celebrations by the rebels in Ajdabiya, where he is reporting from, are continuing after the town was retaken by the rebels. Gunfire could he heard from background as he spokes and referred to it as "fresh celebrations".
But he added that it is unclear whether the rebels' victory was planned.
The opposition fighters have come along the main road, hit the roadblock of Gaddafi's forces and that was a stalemate ... It was only when those airstrikes [of coalition forces] took place that the situation changed.
It [town] was recaptured because of what came from the skies. It was here- at the west gate in Ajdabiya - that Gaddafi forces made their last stand ... There was bombardment from international jets; international coalition ... People here are celebrating. The people are firing in celebration rather than anger. Most people had fled Ajdabiya during the fighting, but some had hidden in their homes but now they [are] joining the celebrations.
3:00pm
In the past hour allied war planes have hit Gaddafi targets in the opposition-held town of Misurata. Pro-democracy fighters now say they have moved past Brega further to the west. And that they are heading towards Ras Lanuf - another oil-rich town.
Al Jazeera's James Bays says celebrations by the rebels in Ajdabiya, where he is reporting from, are continuing after the town was retaken by the rebels. Gunfire could he heard from background as he spokes and referred to it as "fresh celebrations".
But he added that it is unclear whether the rebels' victory was planned.
The opposition fighters have come along the main road, hit the roadblock of Gaddafi's forces and that was a stalemate ... It was only when those airstrikes [of coalition forces] took place that the situation changed.
It [town] was recaptured because of what came from the skies. It was here- at the west gate in Ajdabiya - that Gaddafi forces made their last stand ... There was bombardment from international jets; international coalition ... People here are celebrating. The people are firing in celebration rather than anger. Most people had fled Ajdabiya during the fighting, but some had hidden in their homes but now they [are] joining the celebrations.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
1549: A rebel spokesman, Ahmed Khalifa, has told AFP that at least 13 pro-Gaddafi fighters have been taken captive and are being treated as prisoners of war.
De vrouw , Eman al-Obaidi en komt uit Benghazi .
Zou het de vrouw zijn van deze man ?
Dr. Habib al-Obaidi, chief of intensive care at the Al-Jalae hospital in Benghazi, Libya has stated that fifty trauma patients have died of gunshot wounds after the authorities reportedly fired on protestors.
Zou het de vrouw zijn van deze man ?
Dr. Habib al-Obaidi, chief of intensive care at the Al-Jalae hospital in Benghazi, Libya has stated that fifty trauma patients have died of gunshot wounds after the authorities reportedly fired on protestors.
En dat is nog maar een fractie van wat voor walgelijke dingen er over de hele wereld heen gebeuren, van pasgeboren baby tot hoog bejaarde. Er lopen veel teveel idoten op deze aardbol rond.quote:
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Op dit moment worden er ook minderjarige Iraanse vrouwen verkracht door Iraniërs voordat ze gestenigd worden.
Het is onmogelijk dat filmpje te bekijken zonder gevoel en je o.a. rot te voelen door wat haar is overkomen en overkomt. En gelukkig maar, ik moet er niet aan denken dat het 'normaal' zou zijn.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Ik heb hem nog nooit zoveel tweets over 1 onderwerp zien sturen, lijkt hem ook goed geraakt te hebben.
Wat een dappere vrouw...
NicRobertsonCNN
Woman came into restaurant of journalists' hotel today claiming shed been detained at govt chkpt, held 2 days, tied up, beaten and raped.
Within mins of beginning to tell her story, govt officls and hotel staff moved in to shut her up.
CNN cameraman on scene said she showed journalsts bruises, scratches on thighs, bruised face, rope burns on wrists & ankles
Waitress threatnd her w knife, calling her "traitor." Govt offcls began beating journlsts trying to interview her.
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
Clarify'g earlier tweet: bag/cloth thrown over her head, they took her into back garden, then bundled out hotel front door w out bag/cloth
Sm journalists tried to protect her, challenging officials about where they taking her but they drove off with her in white car.
CNN camerman was there but camera smashed & footage taken so no pictures of our own. Here's link to some pool footage http://tiny.cc/u38ii
Journalists demnding to see her. David Kirkpatrick NYT & I went to offcls in charge who claimed dont know who took her or where she taken.
Repeatdly challengd at presser later, Libyan Dep FM said they will be "investigating & find out how she is & that we will let you know.
Charles Clover Financial Times who tried to stop thugs was put in van & driven 2 border. Sd was told last nght hd 2 leave bec of his reports
Wat een dappere vrouw...
NicRobertsonCNN
Woman came into restaurant of journalists' hotel today claiming shed been detained at govt chkpt, held 2 days, tied up, beaten and raped.
Within mins of beginning to tell her story, govt officls and hotel staff moved in to shut her up.
CNN cameraman on scene said she showed journalsts bruises, scratches on thighs, bruised face, rope burns on wrists & ankles
Waitress threatnd her w knife, calling her "traitor." Govt offcls began beating journlsts trying to interview her.
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
Clarify'g earlier tweet: bag/cloth thrown over her head, they took her into back garden, then bundled out hotel front door w out bag/cloth
Sm journalists tried to protect her, challenging officials about where they taking her but they drove off with her in white car.
CNN camerman was there but camera smashed & footage taken so no pictures of our own. Here's link to some pool footage http://tiny.cc/u38ii
Journalists demnding to see her. David Kirkpatrick NYT & I went to offcls in charge who claimed dont know who took her or where she taken.
Repeatdly challengd at presser later, Libyan Dep FM said they will be "investigating & find out how she is & that we will let you know.
Charles Clover Financial Times who tried to stop thugs was put in van & driven 2 border. Sd was told last nght hd 2 leave bec of his reports
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
BBC
1609: Libyan rebels claim to have taken Brega - AFP.
SkyNewsBreak
Sky's Sam Kiley reports Libyan rebels have taken oil port town of Brega.
1609: Libyan rebels claim to have taken Brega - AFP.
SkyNewsBreak
Sky's Sam Kiley reports Libyan rebels have taken oil port town of Brega.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Ja, je kunt er foto's van maken of je kunt haar natuurlijk helpen...quote:Op zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:29 schreef yavanna het volgende:
feb17libya
Watch the Video of Eman Al-Obeidi being taken away in the hotel as a brave journalists tries to protect her http://bit.ly/eIchsj
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Nou ja, is natuurlijk makkelijk gezegd door mij, maar...
1628: A Misrata resident who's been in touch with the BBC reports: "Strong and random bombing targeting the residential areas... Gaddafi's troops are trying to enter the city by any cost and they're commencing a brutal and fierce attack from two directions."
Door fotos te maken help je haar indirect...quote:
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Ja, je kunt er foto's van maken of je kunt haar natuurlijk helpen...
ik heb i.i.g. ook maar getekend !quote:
Tof idee, of het gaat werken is een tweede
http://www.change.org/pet(...)#?opt_new=t&opt_fb=t
hoezo adhd ?
Aan de andere kant kan je het ook zo zien: als niemand foto's maakt of het vastlegt op video dan is de kans ook een stuk kleiner dat het verhaal naar buiten komt. En zeker niet met dezelfde impact als het nu heeft.quote:
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Ja, je kunt er foto's van maken of je kunt haar natuurlijk helpen...
net de beelden op AJE ja .. en ze werd afgevoerd in een auto ( zogenaamd naar het ziekenhuis , maar dat word waarschijnlijk de gevangenis ..... )quote:
Nog meer mbt de vrouw die het hotel met journos binnen kwam. Haar verhaal dat ze verkracht, gemarteld en op allerlei wijze zwaar vernederd is, klinkt helaas helemaal niet ongeloofwaardig.
Smerig tuig zijn sommige mensen, zachtjes uitgedrukt.
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Libyan woman claims rape, is dragged away, sparking brawl among reporters, government minders
A Ministry of Information official, left, tries to grab Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked. Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. Center is an unidentified foreign journalist . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (Jerome Delay, AP / March 26, 2010)
hoezo adhd ?
quote:Rebellen Libië claimen herovering Brega
BREGA - De Libische rebellen meldden dat ze zaterdag de oostelijke stad Brega hebben heroverd op troepen die loyaal zijn aan dictator Muammar Kaddafi.
Brega ligt ongeveer 80 kilometer ten westen van Ajdabiyah.
Die stad viel eerder op de dag al in handen van de rebellen.
Het begint een beetje onoverzichtelijk te worden...
BBC
1635: Pro-Gaddafi tanks advancing eastwards towards Misrata, Reuters reports.
BBC
1643: Reuters are quoting rebels as saying they've reached the outskirts of the oil-exporting town of Brega, about 80km west of Ajdabiya. No claim in this report that they've already taken the town.
BBC
1635: Pro-Gaddafi tanks advancing eastwards towards Misrata, Reuters reports.
BBC
1643: Reuters are quoting rebels as saying they've reached the outskirts of the oil-exporting town of Brega, about 80km west of Ajdabiya. No claim in this report that they've already taken the town.
De artikelen lezende en verhalen horende hebben de journos wel getracht te helpen, maar werdt dat erg lastig door o.a. bedreigd te worden met een pistool, geslagen e.d. te worden en apparatuur die vernielt werdt. 1 journo is het land uit gezet daarna.quote:
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Ja, je kunt er foto's van maken of je kunt haar natuurlijk helpen...
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Nou ja, is natuurlijk makkelijk gezegd door mij, maar...
Het is er ook alleminst veilig voor journos.
libyafidammi libya fidammi
Thanks to all the brave journos who tried to help,kept filming and brought this woman's story to light. Eman #AlObaidi Iman #Alobeidi #Libya
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
1645: This from Reuters' regular source in Misrata: "From the east, they are shelling with mortars and artillery the port and areas around it. There is the main fuel tank in the port which feeds the central part of the city and [there are] also thousands of workers, mainly Egyptians, who fled and stayed at the port hoping for rescue."
ik denk dat voor K misrata veel belangrijker is dan de oostelijke steden, omdat er door K onderhandeld zou kunnen worden voor de eventuele opsplitsing van het land, als misrata in handen blijft van de oppositie kan hij daar natuurlijk naar fluitenquote:
1635: Pro-Gaddafi tanks advancing eastwards towards Misrata, Reuters reports.
Ik heb Hem niet uit vrees voor de hel noch uit liefde voor het paradijs gediend, want dan zou ik als de slechte huurling zijn geweest; ik heb hem veeleer gediend in liefde tot Hem en in verlangen naar Hem.
-Rabia Al-Basri
-Rabia Al-Basri
Da's weer eens duidelijk.quote:
Het begint een beetje onoverzichtelijk te worden...
BBC
1635: Pro-Gaddafi tanks advancing eastwards towards Misrata, Reuters reports.
BBC
1643: Reuters are quoting rebels as saying they've reached the outskirts of the oil-exporting town of Brega, about 80km west of Ajdabiya. No claim in this report that they've already taken the town.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Lastig luchtaanvallen uitvoeren wanneer de pro's zich tussen de gewone burgers begeven. Hoop dat de anti's stand weten te houden. Erg dappere mensen daar.quote:
1645: This from Reuters' regular source in Misrata: "From the east, they are shelling with mortars and artillery the port and areas around it. There is the main fuel tank in the port which feeds the central part of the city and [there are] also thousands of workers, mainly Egyptians, who fled and stayed at the port hoping for rescue."
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
in dit filmpje zie je ook dat een man een andere man probeert tegen te houden ...; http://link.brightcove.co(...)G&bctid=857700396001quote:
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De artikelen lezende en verhalen horende hebben de journos wel getracht te helpen, maar werdt dat erg lastig door o.a. bedreigd te worden met een pistool, geslagen e.d. te worden en apparatuur die vernielt werdt. 1 journo is het land uit gezet daarna.
Het is er ook alleminst veilig voor journos.
hoezo adhd ?
meerdere tweets dat brega onder controle is van de rebellen , (ik post maar ff van 1 twiteraar hoor )quote:
BREAKING!! Brega in complete control by the #FreedomFighters. #libya #savelibya #freelibya
6 minutes ago via web
BREAKING!! Brega in the hands of the #FreedomFighters. #libya
7 minutes ago via web
en dat indd. de tanks van G richting Misrata gaan
Tripolitanian WARNING: pro-#Gaddafi tanks heading to #Misrata!!
hoezo adhd ?
Dat zie je ja. En wat zie je, een motief overhemd van een westerse huisvader. Daar worden Libische plain clothes niet bang van.quote:
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in dit filmpje zie je ook dat een man een andere man probeert tegen te houden ...; http://link.brightcove.co(...)G&bctid=857700396001
Off topic, maar de revoluties is het midden-oosten eist wss een nieuw slachtoffer.
Volgens verschillende bronnen zal President Saleh van Yemen binnen enkele uren aftreden...
Volgens verschillende bronnen zal President Saleh van Yemen binnen enkele uren aftreden...
Daar is het goed te zien idd. Moet ook vreselijk frusty op zijn minst zijn voor degene die willen helpen. Op SkyNews vertelde Lisa Holland, ter plekke, dat de vrouw nog iets van een uur binnen is geweest en journos nog hebben geprobeerd haar vrij te krijgen, helaas zonder resultaat.quote:
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in dit filmpje zie je ook dat een man een andere man probeert tegen te houden ...; http://link.brightcove.co(...)G&bctid=857700396001
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Nja, hij probeert iig wel te helpen, iets wat niet veel mensen zouden durven. Zie ook dat hij wel wat klappen krijgt daarna.quote:
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Dat zie je ja. En wat zie je, een motief overhemd van een westerse huisvader. Daar worden Libische plain clothes niet bang van.
En als hij een SAS uniform had gedragen wel?quote:
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Dat zie je ja. En wat zie je, een motief overhemd van een westerse huisvader. Daar worden Libische plain clothes niet bang van.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Yup. Hopelijk klopt het en anders hopelijk snel.quote:
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meerdere tweets dat brega onder controle is van de rebellen , (ik post maar ff van 1 twiteraar hoor )
BREAKING!! Brega in complete control by the #FreedomFighters. #libya #savelibya #freelibya
6 minutes ago via web
BREAKING!! Brega in the hands of the #FreedomFighters. #libya
7 minutes ago via web
en dat indd. de tanks van G richting Misrata gaan
Tripolitanian WARNING: pro-#Gaddafi tanks heading to #Misrata!!
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Tripolitanian Unconfirmed: Grad missile launchers heading to #Zintan!
1 minute ago via web
Tripolitanian #Gaddafi forces have started attacking #Misrata via Western Gate!!
2 minutes ago via web
Tripolitanian I don't know who best to tweet this to, so please send this msg to who you can: "pro-#Gaddafi tanks are reportedly heading to #Misrata"
4 minutes ago via web
1 minute ago via web
Tripolitanian #Gaddafi forces have started attacking #Misrata via Western Gate!!
2 minutes ago via web
Tripolitanian I don't know who best to tweet this to, so please send this msg to who you can: "pro-#Gaddafi tanks are reportedly heading to #Misrata"
4 minutes ago via web
hoezo adhd ?
Mooi dat Brega bevrijd is. Nu moet de l'Armee de l'Air maar snel gaan prijsschieten bij Misrata.quote:
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meerdere tweets dat brega onder controle is van de rebellen , (ik post maar ff van 1 twiteraar hoor )
BREAKING!! Brega in complete control by the #FreedomFighters. #libya #savelibya #freelibya
6 minutes ago via web
BREAKING!! Brega in the hands of the #FreedomFighters. #libya
7 minutes ago via web
en dat indd. de tanks van G richting Misrata gaan
Tripolitanian WARNING: pro-#Gaddafi tanks heading to #Misrata!!
Tripolitanian Libyan
Unconfirmed: Grad missile launchers heading to #Zintan!
Unconfirmed: Grad missile launchers heading to #Zintan!
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Brega klopt denk ik wel , ik vermoed dat dat de reden is dat die tanks zo snel richting misrata gaan nu ( of is dat een domme redenering?)quote:
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Yup. Hopelijk klopt het en anders hopelijk snel.
ik hoopte juist dat dat van misrata (G tanks)niet zou kloppen , maar ik vrees van wel ....
hoezo adhd ?
De SAs boys zijn daar met een hele andere opdrachtquote:
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En als hij een SAS uniform had gedragen wel?
Misrata klopt denk ik wel, die stad is erg belangrijk voor G. Gelukkig helpt de coalitie nu wel door o.a. het uitschakelen van tanks.quote:
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Brega klopt denk ik wel , ik vermoed dat dat de reden is dat die tanks zo snel richting misrata gaan nu ( of is dat een domme redenering?)
ik hoopte juist dat dat van misrata (G tanks)niet zou kloppen , maar ik vrees van wel ....
LibyaNewMedia
Reports are that Gaddafi is launching new attacks against Misrata & Zintan in western Libya.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
BBC:
1659: A resident in Misrata tells the BBC: "I just got back from the city centre... many buildings are totally destroyed and aircraft are flying now over misrata. We can hear the sound of the air forces... the situation is very very critical." A reminder that we can't independently verify these reports.
Uhh, wat voor vliegtuigen...?
1659: A resident in Misrata tells the BBC: "I just got back from the city centre... many buildings are totally destroyed and aircraft are flying now over misrata. We can hear the sound of the air forces... the situation is very very critical." A reminder that we can't independently verify these reports.
Uhh, wat voor vliegtuigen...?
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De SAs boys zijn daar met een hele andere opdracht
Daar ging het niet om. 
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
hahah dát vroeg ik me net af , en toen verscheen die xtra zin ...quote:
BBC:
1659: A resident in Misrata tells the BBC: "I just got back from the city centre... many buildings are totally destroyed and aircraft are flying now over misrata. We can hear the sound of the air forces... the situation is very very critical." A reminder that we can't independently verify these reports.
Uhh, wat voor vliegtuigen...?
hoezo adhd ?
ChangeInLibya
AJA CONFIRMS that Brega is now under revolutionary control too and that tanks/APCs were found abandoned there as well #libya #feb17
AJA CONFIRMS that Brega is now under revolutionary control too and that tanks/APCs were found abandoned there as well #libya #feb17
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Coalitie hopelijk.quote:
BBC:
1659: A resident in Misrata tells the BBC: "I just got back from the city centre... many buildings are totally destroyed and aircraft are flying now over misrata. We can hear the sound of the air forces... the situation is very very critical." A reminder that we can't independently verify these reports.
Uhh, wat voor vliegtuigen...?
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Video op de site
Libyan Rebels Push West To Capture Brega
Libya's rebels have captured the towns of Brega and Ajdabiyah from forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after advancing about 80 miles in just 24 hours.
The rebels were delighted, firing into the air and celebrating on the burnt-out tanks of Gaddafi's forces.
Just 1.5 miles outside Brega they were mustering to try and make another attack further south.
On the road down from Ajdabiyah to Brega were trailers fill of ammunition, tanks, Stalin's Organs (multiple rocket launchers) and other equipment destroyed by coalition airstrikes.
Aircraft were overhead during the day but there were no attacks because mcuh of Gaddafi's hardware appears to have been destroyed and his troops had retreated.
Brega, from where a great deal of the oil and natural gas exported by Libya is pumped to Italy and elsewhere, and Ajdabiyah had both been held by the rebels in the early days of the uprising but were lost to Gaddafi's better-armed forces.
But it appears that a couple of days of airstrikes by French and British warplanes, including Tornados, have crushed the resistance of Gaddafi's forces.
Libyan Rebels Push West To Capture Brega
Libya's rebels have captured the towns of Brega and Ajdabiyah from forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after advancing about 80 miles in just 24 hours.
The rebels were delighted, firing into the air and celebrating on the burnt-out tanks of Gaddafi's forces.
Just 1.5 miles outside Brega they were mustering to try and make another attack further south.
On the road down from Ajdabiyah to Brega were trailers fill of ammunition, tanks, Stalin's Organs (multiple rocket launchers) and other equipment destroyed by coalition airstrikes.
Aircraft were overhead during the day but there were no attacks because mcuh of Gaddafi's hardware appears to have been destroyed and his troops had retreated.
Brega, from where a great deal of the oil and natural gas exported by Libya is pumped to Italy and elsewhere, and Ajdabiyah had both been held by the rebels in the early days of the uprising but were lost to Gaddafi's better-armed forces.
But it appears that a couple of days of airstrikes by French and British warplanes, including Tornados, have crushed the resistance of Gaddafi's forces.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Je kan zeggen wat je wilt van Khadaffi en zijn strijders, maar ze geven idd niet op.
Ik neem aan dat de coalitie gehoopt had dat de Libische krijgsmacht zich massaal zou overgeven, maar tot dusver is daar nog niet veel van te merken.
Gaddafi forces attack Misrata from east, west -rebel
(Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are attacking the city of Misrata from the west and the east, a rebel told Reuters on Saturday.
"Gaddafi forces are attacking Misrata from the west and east side. (There is) heavy shelling," the rebel, called Saadoun, told Reuters by phone.
From the west, he said tanks were advancing from the coastal road towards the city. "They are also trying to bring in soldiers," he said.
"From the east, they are shelling with mortars and artillery the port and areas around it. There is the main fuel tank in the port which feeds the central part of the city and (there are) also thousands of workers mainly Egyptians who fled and stayed at the port hoping for rescue," he said. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
Ik neem aan dat de coalitie gehoopt had dat de Libische krijgsmacht zich massaal zou overgeven, maar tot dusver is daar nog niet veel van te merken.
Gaddafi forces attack Misrata from east, west -rebel
(Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are attacking the city of Misrata from the west and the east, a rebel told Reuters on Saturday.
"Gaddafi forces are attacking Misrata from the west and east side. (There is) heavy shelling," the rebel, called Saadoun, told Reuters by phone.
From the west, he said tanks were advancing from the coastal road towards the city. "They are also trying to bring in soldiers," he said.
"From the east, they are shelling with mortars and artillery the port and areas around it. There is the main fuel tank in the port which feeds the central part of the city and (there are) also thousands of workers mainly Egyptians who fled and stayed at the port hoping for rescue," he said. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
Klopt. Maar dit is dus Gaddafi he. De Arrogantie, gewoon praten met Amanpour terwijl er verder op mensen masssaal vermoord worden. Letterlijk voor het oog van Westerse journalisten een vrouw ontvoeren en journalisten bedreigen. In Iran bedreigen ze geen journalisten, ze zetten ze gewoon op het vliegveld. Zulke arrogantie hebben Saddam of Khamenei nietquote:
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Nja, hij probeert iig wel te helpen, iets wat niet veel mensen zouden durven. Zie ook dat hij wel wat klappen krijgt daarna.
BBC
1709: Rebel fighter Abdelsalam al-Maadani tells AFP: "We are in the centre of Brega... Gaddafi's forces are on the retreat and should now be at Al-Bisher (30km) west of Brega."
1709: Rebel fighter Abdelsalam al-Maadani tells AFP: "We are in the centre of Brega... Gaddafi's forces are on the retreat and should now be at Al-Bisher (30km) west of Brega."
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Als er 10 getrainds SAS'ers bijstonden, dan vluchten die thugs alle kanten uit ja.quote:
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En als hij een SAS uniform had gedragen wel?
adeb91
#Libya state TV claims that protests in London are in support of #gaddafi, against the coalition. HAHA what imbeciles #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
#Libya state TV claims that protests in London are in support of #gaddafi, against the coalition. HAHA what imbeciles #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Sure. Of ze gingen samen koffie drinken, als voormalige trainee.quote:
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Als er 10 getrainds SAS'ers bijstonden, dan vluchten die thugs alle kanten uit ja.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
quote:NRC 26 maart 2011, 17:56
Opstandelingen arriveren in Brega, troepen Gaddafi vallen Misrata aan
door Pim van den Dool
De Libische opstandelingen hebben de oliestad Brega bereikt. Dat zei woordvoerder van de opstandelingen aan het einde van de middag tegen persbureau Reuters.
Volgens de woordvoerder, kolonel Ahmed Bani, zijn de opstandelingen vanmiddag opgerukt tot de randen van Brega ( kaart). De stad ligt op tachtig kilometer van het oostelijk gelegen Ajdabiyah ( kaart ), dat eerder vandaag door de opstandelingen op Gaddafis troepen werd heroverd. Volgens Bani is na de herovering van vandaag een wind van verandering gaan waaien in de stad.
Nieuwe aanvallen van Gaddafis troepen op Misrata
De opstandelingen mogen dan in het oosten aan een opmars bezig zijn, in het westen van Libië hebben ze het nog altijd heel moeilijk. Troepen van Gaddafi hebben volgens de opstandelingen aan het einde van de middag nieuwe aanvallen uitgevoerd op Misrata ( kaart ). Zowel van de oostkant als van de westkant zouden Gaddafis troepen hevig op de stad hebben geschoten. Ook zouden tanks en nieuwe troepen in aantocht zijn.
De nieuwe aanvallen volgen nadat eerder vanmiddag bekend werd dat luchtaanvallen van de coalitie Misrata tijdelijk ontzet hadden. Obama zei in zijn wekelijkse videoboodschap aan het Amerikaanse volk dat Gaddafis troepen in steeds meer Libische steden worden teruggedrongen en dat de missie van de coalitie succesvol is.
hoezo adhd ?
Veel live op http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/playLiveTv.do O.a. uit Brega
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Een kaartje van de situatie van gisteren van de New York Times:
bron: http://www.nytimes.com/in(...)-libya.html?src=tptw
bron: http://www.nytimes.com/in(...)-libya.html?src=tptw
quote:Libyan woman brutally silenced after accusing Gaddafi forces of rape
It was just another breakfast time at Tripoli's smart Rixos Al Nasr hotel, sleepy foreign journalists helping themselves to cereals, rolls and terrible coffee in the restaurant, looking out over a neat garden unusual in the dour capital city.
But the Groundhog Day conversations – more overnight coalition air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces, rebel advances in the east, how to escape the minders – were suddenly interrupted when a distraught woman burst in to describe how she had been repeatedly raped by government militiamen.
Iman al-Obeidi was quickly manhandled and arrested by security officials – an extraordinary spectacle for the journalists staying in the luxurious hotel and makeshift media centre, hemmed in by severe restrictions on their movements and fed barely credible information.
The scene – filmed by several of those present – unfolded when Obeidi entered the Ocaliptus dining room and lifted up her abaya (dress) to show a slash and bruises on her right leg. "Look what Gaddafi's men have done to me," she screamed. "Look what they did, they violated my honour."
Distraught and weeping, she was surrounded by reporters and cameramen. Libyan minders pushed and lashed out at the journalists, one of them drawing a gun, another smashing a CNN camera. Two waitresses grabbed knives and threatened Obeidi, calling her "a traitor to Gaddafi".
Obeidi said she had been arrested at a checkpoint in the capital because she is from Benghazi, stronghold of the anti-Gaddafi rebellion in the east. "They swore at me and they filmed me. I was alone. There was whisky. I was tied up. They peed on me." She said she had been raped by 15 men and held for two days.
Charles Clover of the Financial Times, who tried to protect her, was pushed, thrown to the floor and kicked, and Channel 4 correspondent Jonathan Miller was punched.
Obeidi was frogmarched, struggling, into the lobby and driven away, shouting: "They say they are taking me to hospital but they are taking me to jail." Minders again tried to stop journalists taking pictures. It was impossible to verify her account. Musa Ibrahim, a government spokesman, said he had been told Obeidi, apparently in her 30s, was drunk and suffered from "mental problems".
The incident made a powerful impression on journalists who have heard of, and occasionally seen, brutality but are subject to stringent controls to prevent them reporting independently and have a frustrating sense of being manipulated for crude propaganda purposes by the authorities.
"There was a desperate sense of our failure to prevent the thugs taking her away," C4's Miller said afterwards. "There was nothing more that we could have done as we were overtly threatened by considerable physical force."
An American TV cameraman said: "I think she probably was raped, otherwise I can't see her having the courage to put herself at such risk to let us know what the regime is doing. We see the fear in people all the time. But this is the most blatant example of the vicious way the regime treats the Libyan people."
It is clear from snatched conversations and anecdotal evidence that hundreds of Libyans have been detained in Tripoli, Zawiya and elsewhere since the uprising began five weeks ago, with many families still unaware of their whereabouts.
Libya's media strategy is to highlight the violent nature of the rebellion, insisting it is inspired by al-Qaida, and to emphasise that coalition air attacks – mandated by the UN to protect civilians – are causing civilian casualties. But foreign media have not been allowed to visit hospitals and have been escorted to only two sites hit in the last week.
The first was a naval base in central Tripoli, where there were no casualties. The second was a farm on the outskirts of nearby Tajura, damaged by fragments of what one expert said was a US-made Harm anti-radar missile, and where one person was slightly injured.
Visible military targets – such as a mobile radar station on the adjacent coastal road – appear to have been destroyed.
Journalists have also been taken to see two mass funerals of purported victims of the attacks, where large crowds chant pro-Gaddafi slogans and slogans attacking what Libyans call the "colonialist-crusader aggression".
John Simpson, the BBC's foreign affairs editor, was warned by Libyan officials after questioning in a broadcast whether coffins seen at a funeral on Thursday contained the bodies of civilian victims. It is thought 18 air cadets were killed in an air strike on a Tajura military installation, the number corresponding to charred bodies shown to photographers in a hospital mortuary.
But no distinction has been made between civilian and military casualties. The government said on Thursday that "nearly 100" civilians had been killed. No names of the dead or injured have been published. The US and Britain say there are no confirmed civilian casualties.
"I am on a short leash because they really objected to my questioning whether the coffins we saw contained civilians," Simpson said. "All I said was that it was impossible to verify, but they took that as a great insult."
Other journalists have received anonymous threats. "I have read your stories and the penalty for carelessness is death," one American correspondent was warned by email.
The Rixos is in a secluded compound 20 minutes from the centre of Tripoli. Journalists who have managed to leave it or another hotel without minders are detained by police or turned back at roadblocks. Taxi drivers face arrest if caught picking up journalists.
Libyan officials insist journalists comply with the rules for their own safety but are evidently frustrated that their message is not getting across. "This is an extremely tense time," said Ibrahim. "Our soldiers are being killed. People in Libya are very angry, very bitter. They know the news from Ajdabiya. They know the coalition forces are not protecting civilians. They know the rebels came from Benghazi to Ajdabiya and that we are withdrawing. No one is investigating this."
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[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
WWPWI
Won't be surprised if #Libya state TV says that #Gaddafi has now liberated Palestine, reached the moon, cured cancer, and contacted aliens.
Won't be surprised if #Libya state TV says that #Gaddafi has now liberated Palestine, reached the moon, cured cancer, and contacted aliens.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
thnx!quote:
Veel live op http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/playLiveTv.do O.a. uit Brega
hoezo adhd ?
Natuurlijk, dat is ook zo.quote:
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De artikelen lezende en verhalen horende hebben de journos wel getracht te helpen, maar werdt dat erg lastig door o.a. bedreigd te worden met een pistool, geslagen e.d. te worden en apparatuur die vernielt werdt. 1 journo is het land uit gezet daarna.
Het is er ook alleminst veilig voor journos.
libyafidammi libya fidammi
Thanks to all the brave journos who tried to help,kept filming and brought this woman's story to light. Eman #AlObaidi Iman #Alobeidi #Libya
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PLZ RT::BREAKING!!! 10s of Gaddafi's snipers are entering Misrata in buses via the western entrance. #libya #savelibya #freelibya #feb17 @UN
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BREAKING!!! 10s of Gaddafi's snipers are entering Misrata in buses via the western entrance. #libya #savelibya #freelibya #feb17
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