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Libya:
Gaddafi Appears on TV to Deny Fleeing
RFI, 22 February 2011
Libyan leader Moamer Khadafi made a brief appearance on state television early on Tuesday to deny rumours that he had fled to Venezuela. Read more »
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Libya:
Immediate International Steps Needed to Stop Atrocities
Crisis Group, 22 February 2011
With credible reports of concerted deadly attacks against civilians committed by Libyan security forces, including the use of military aircraft to indiscriminately attack… Read more »
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Libya:
Protesters Claim Cities As Pilots Defect
RFI, 21 February 2011
Protesters overran several Libyan cities on Monday, including the capital Tripoli and Benghazi in the east, amid reports that military units and personnel deserted their posts. Read more »
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Libya:
Protests Grow Despite Massacres
AfricaFocus, 21 February 2011
Despite the absence of international news media and shutdowns of the Internet, Libyan protesters seem determine to prove predictions that "it can't happen here" to be false for… Read more »
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Libya:
Gaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War
BuaNews, 21 February 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son, Seif al-Islam, said in a televised address early Monday that Libya was in danger of a civil war if the clashes between the security forces and… Read more »
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Libya:
Bloody State Response to Popular Protests
ISS, 21 February 2011
Intensifying protests throughout Libya over the weekend have been met with increasing repression from the state. Read more »
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Libya:
The Past of a Regime
AfricaFocus, 21 February 2011
"Libya ... resembles a protection-racket run by a family group and its associates who wrested control of a state and its people by force and then ruled for forty years with no… Read more »
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Libya:
Revolt Spreads to Tripoli
RFI, 21 February 2011
The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has warned that the country could face civil war if anti-government protesters refuse to accept offers of reform. Read more »
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Libya:
Gaddafi Hits Out With Deadly Force
IPS, 20 February 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi has unleashed the bloodiest crackdown so far against pro-democracy protestors seeking his ouster, killing dozens of people in only four days of… Read more »
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Libya:
Paramilitaries Target Civilians in Crackdown
RFI, 20 February 2011
New fighting erupted in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Sunday as anti-regime protests spread across the country. Security forces in Libya's second city were reportedly… Read more »
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Libya:
Rights Group Reports More Than 170 Dead
HRW, 20 February 2011
The African Union and African, Western, and Arab countries that have relations with Libya should urge the Libyan government to stop the unlawful killing of protesters, Human Rights… Read more »
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Libya:
U.S. Govt Protests Use of Lethal Force
America.gov, 20 February 2011
The United States is gravely concerned with disturbing reports and images coming out of Libya. Read more »