Libya Rolling Updates Fri 25 Feb

Dead Revolutionary wrote:

cab123 wrote:

Janey wrote:guys, check your avatars and sigs, mine had disappeared this morning and I see others have too! No idea why, the mods have not done anything overnight

fixed mine,site was dead for awhile

Indeed it was, thought it moved.

we wouldnt do that without telling you, we will also keep this site up during the changeover period. I have just got up this morning so not sure what happened. I will ask Mary to check the tech logs etc to see what went on. My guess is we got visited by Harry Hacker

Huge peaceful demo in tripoli after prayers.. They end at 2pm local time... Even tweep alitweel who mostly stayed inside to be able tweeting/reporting is going to green square after prayers... He has just gone out

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights now reporting the death of "many thousands" in Libya and calls for vigorous and urgent response by the international community - BBC

any up dates on evac.'s or over nite operations ?news not saying much here.

calls for people to come out into the streets in Tripoli to protest

cab123 wrote:any up dates on evac.'s or over nite operations ?news not saying much here.

yes, they are deliberately quiet on that at the moment for operational reasons

Getting rumors about many tanks moving to Tripoli.

official video of the HMS Cumberland mission to Benghazi yesterday released by the Ministry of Defence, UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjDVbGO2rM

martinchulov Martin Chulov
Meanwhile in Tripoli, things are getting ugly. Seems like Ghaddafi's last stand.

BelgianBoy wrote:Getting rumors about many tanks moving to Tripoli.

we are just getting that into work also, from a source on the ground

Al Qaradawi: We are expecting good news from Libya. I can almost see the victory with my eyes now.

Al Jazeera: Anti-Gaddafi revolutionaries take over the Libyan Embassy in Paris.

latest on the wires, a compete turnaround after dismissing NATO action yesterday -

BUDAPEST Feb 25 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he had called an emergency NATO council meeting for Friday afternoon to discuss the situation in Libya.

"I have convened an emergency meeting in the NATO council this afternoon to consult on this fast-moving situation. So I will return to Brussels in a few hours," he told Reuters during a visit to Budapest on Friday.

"Before I do so, I will meet with EU defence ministers and discuss with them how we in a pragmatic way can help those in need and limit the consequences of these events."

He said priority must be given to evacuation and possibly humanitarian assistance.

"It's a bit premature to go into specifics but it's well-known that NATO has assets that can be used in a situation like this and NATO can act as an enabler and coordinator if and when individual member states want to take action," he said.

Al Jazeera: Saeed Awad Rashwan, CEO National Commercial Bank of #Libya joins the Feb 17th youth revolutionaries.

Again rats & ships come to mind...

BBCWorld Italy preparing a 'military operation' to rescue Italians stranded in southeast #Libya where supplies running out, from AFP

Is this catamaran ferry still in the tripoli port?

About 90mins, then the prayers are finished and tripoli will be out demonstrating in huge numbers i expect

BelgianBoy wrote:BBCWorld Italy preparing a 'military operation' to rescue Italians stranded in southeast #Libya where supplies running out, from AFP

they are trying to get together a large coordinated multi-nation op, which makes sense logistically as multiple nationalities are holed up together. You dont want 15 rescue squads all turning up at the same oilfield at the same time

Lurker wrote:Is this catamaran ferry still in the tripoli port?

due to leave shortly I am told

Speculators started the rumour about #Gaddafi's death so they could profit on the oil price. Parasites trading on the #revolution #libya

I agree with this: otherwise we would have picked up such a rumor here.

BelgianBoy wrote:Speculators started the rumour about #Gaddafi's death so they could profit on the oil price. Parasites trading on the #revolution #libya

I agree with this: otherwise we would have picked up such a rumor here.

I have a lot of sources feeding in to me, not just the wires, but MSN, Yahoo Messenger, email etc and not one of my sources had that rumour apart from what was floating around Twitter

Janey wrote:

Lurker wrote:Is this catamaran ferry still in the tripoli port?

due to leave shortly I am told

does this mean heavely populated areas will be clear of forign nationals,if u can say?

Janey wrote:

BelgianBoy wrote:Speculators started the rumour about #Gaddafi's death so they could profit on the oil price. Parasites trading on the #revolution #libya

I agree with this: otherwise we would have picked up such a rumor here.

I have a lot of sources feeding in to me, not just the wires, but MSN, Yahoo Messenger, email etc and not one of my sources had that rumour apart from what was floating around Twitter

And on twitter it was mainly rumors about rumors.

cab123 wrote:

Janey wrote:

Lurker wrote:Is this catamaran ferry still in the tripoli port?

due to leave shortly I am told

does this mean heavely populated areas will be clear of forign nationals,if u can say?

unlikely as there are still those who are holed up in buildings in combat zones

David Cameron holding emergency session of COBRA and National Security Council - meeting with military officials