Libya Crisis - NATO Special Forces Poised for Deployment - Thurs 24 Feb

RT @CAmanpour: New reports that ferry to evacuate US citizens from #Libya will not leave today due to rough weather. Will reassess tomorrow.

Is the ferry still in port? This is a RT from Christine Amanpour.

HMS Cumberland expected to stay in port for only a couple of hours

Anyone have more on this? Independent confirmation?: "Thousands of workers strike in Saudi Arabia"

Ahmed gaddafi dam, 1 of #gaddafi inner circle, appears 2 b unwilling to leave egypt, fears collapse of regime

BelgianBoy wrote:Anyone have more on this? Independent confirmation?: "Thousands of workers strike in Saudi Arabia"

confirmed

UK Deputy PM cuts short holiday to return for urgent military talks

AJA Libyan expert:I have confirmed reports Qaddafi sons planning car bombs all over country to prove Al Qaeda after evolts #Feb17 #Libya

Breaking News: In powerful statement on LIVE TV - #Benghazi airfield pilots announce they are joining the popular revolt in #Libya #Feb17

AJELive: French official to Reuters: Sources say that up to 2,000 people might've died in Libya by now. http://aje.me/hVJqZr #aljazeera #libya #feb17

richardengelnbc ‎ #libya.. CWs; Sulfur mustard and nerve agents to include sarin and VX.
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goodmockingbird wrote:richardengelnbc ‎ #libya.. CWs; Sulfur mustard and nerve agents to include sarin and VX.
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yes he has Sarin and VX stocks

Thousands of workers strike in Saudi Arabia

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=24025

I have a bad feeling for the 600 americans on that ferry... Well, at least when NATO starts their securing & rescue missions in tripoli.

And the AJA analyst that ghaddafi may stage al quaida like car/truck bombings, dont make me feel better about this

Janey wrote:

goodmockingbird wrote:richardengelnbc ‎ #libya.. CWs; Sulfur mustard and nerve agents to include sarin and VX.
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yes he has Sarin and VX stocks

Great. A desperate insane person with chemical weapons. This could go very badly. I pray it doesn't.

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But there must be a misquote in that article, no way Libyan oil accounts for 74 percent of European consumption.

74% of Libya oil export is to Europe.

#Gaddafi attacks Zawiya mosque with anti-aircraft missile!! feb17.info/confirmed/qadd… via @Feb17Libya #feb17

#AJE protester on phone claims approx. 100men killed + 400 injured in raid on 'martyr's sq' in al-zawiyah #Feb17 #Libya

Confirmed via sources at #Cairo airport. Ahmad #Gaddafi ilDam left on a flight to Syria today at 12:30pm. #Libya #Feb17

Looks like the noose is tightening as of Thursday afternoon. Not much land in Libya still
under Ghadaffi control. Link to current map.

Praise God.

http://yfrog.com/f/gzz9t7j/

Paddy wrote:

rbarreira wrote:

But there must be a misquote in that article, no way Libyan oil accounts for 74 percent of European consumption.

74% of Libya oil export is to Europe.

That sounds much more reasonable than what the article says.

African mercenaries awaiting trial in Benghazi… http://j.mp/hzawq1 via #feb17 #libya

Hey guys, tweep alwahy is back in london and safe

www.twitter.com/alwahy

trudat wrote:Looks like the noose is tightening as of Thursday afternoon. Not much land in Libya still
under Ghadaffi control. Link to current map.

Praise God.

http://yfrog.com/f/gzz9t7j/

the only problem is, there is a general military belief that even with Gadaffi completely overthrown things will only get worse as different militia engage in a full-on civil war. All I keep getting told by sources today is that the worst is yet to come, regardless of whether Gadaffi is around or not

lisang‎ The people of Zaywa, who are armed (primarily AK-47s) have announced that they are moving on to #Tripoli. #libya
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Janey wrote:

trudat wrote:Looks like the noose is tightening as of Thursday afternoon. Not much land in Libya still
under Ghadaffi control. Link to current map.

Praise God.

http://yfrog.com/f/gzz9t7j/

the only problem is, there is a general military belief that even with Gadaffi completely overthrown things will only get worse as different militia engage in a full-on civil war. All I keep getting told by sources today is that the worst is yet to come, regardless of whether Gadaffi is around or not

what worries me is what happens to those stockpiles of biological and chem weapons once he's gone assuming he doesn't use em up in some act of rage or desperation.

I could imagine, that if ghaddafi really leaves, to some african country, he will probably start backing and financing a mercenary war with libya...

But i hope he stays and dies in libya

BBC > Foreign nationals in Benghazi are now boarding HMS Cumberland. The ship is due to set sail to Malta this evening. #Libya

Anti-gaddafi WON the battle in zawia! They are controlling the city!!

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State Department warns foreign reporters in Libya

Washington (CNN) -- The Libyan government -- which has denied access to its country as security forces brutally crack down on opponents -- says it will regard foreign journalists who have crossed its borders as "terrorist collaborators," the U.S. State Department said in a statement Thursday....


http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/24/libya.reporters.warned/