The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi

The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi

Karibu Libya patakua hapatoshi!

U.S. poised to act quickly on Libya: Obama
CBC News Posted: Mar 3, 2011 5:31 AM ET

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Libyan gunmen from the forces opposing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi fire in the air during a mass funeral in Ajdabiya on Thursday. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

U.S. President Barack Obama says he will keep a "full range of options" available as he deals with the crisis in Libya, where rebels continue to battle with forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi.

"I don't want us to be hamstrung," Obama said Thursday during a White House news conference, saying he wants to be able to respond quickly to a humanitarian crisis or violence against civilians. As part of that preparation, 400 U.S. Marines arrived at an American naval base in Crete.

Obama reiterated the U.S. stance that Ghadafi has lost his legitimacy to rule and should step down.

Obama also announced that U.S. military aircraft would play a humanitarian role by flying Egyptians who had fled Libya home to Egypt from makeshift camps in Tunisia.
The president stressed that though he wants the U.S. to be able respond quickly to any circumstance, he'd prefer the world was on-side.

"I want us to make our decisions of what's going to be best for the Libyan people in consultation with the international community," he said.

Obama also warned people close to Gadhafi that they will be held responsible for attacks against civilians.

"They should know history is moving against Col. Gadhafi," he said.
 
Libya: secret police arrest hundreds in sweep of Tripoli

Secret police loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have staged sweeps of the Libyan capital, arresting hundreds of opponents and protesters in advance of demonstrations planned for prayers on Friday.
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A man holds up a poster of Col Gaddafi, close to a burning fuel truck, in Tripoli on Wednesday this week Photo: REUTERS

By Richard Spencer, Tripoli 8:14PM GMT 03 Mar 2011
There have been night-time arrests across the capital Tripoli during the week, according to exile groups. Many were identified through photographs of last Friday's protests in which an unknown number of people were shot dead. Precise figures are impossible to confirm – friends of those arrested say it is not known where those who have been arrested have been taken. According to rumour, they have been taken to Bab al-Azizia, the regime's command-and-control centre in the south of Tripoli, which includes the Gaddafi compound bombed by US jets in 1986.

"Several of my friends have been arrested," said one young man in the city, who cannot be named for his own protection. "I do not know where they are. There will still be big protests tomorrow. Inshallah, God willing, Gaddafi will be gone." Despite the planned protests, there was little sign that Col Gaddafi's hold on power was weakening in those parts of the country, including Tripoli, still under his control.

Government minders on Thursday took international television crews as far west as the Tunisian border, with a stop at an oil refinery, to demonstrate that the main road at least was in the hands of his military.

Col Gaddafi also launched further bombing raids on the oil refinery town of Brega in the east, where a ground assault by some of his forces was seen off by rebels on Wednesday. But he and his advisers, principally his son Saif al-Islam, also showed they were of aware of the potential for trouble on Friday. Friday has become the traditional day of the week for big protests in Libya and other Arab countries which have seen unrest. Both Presidents Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt were finally forced from office by demonstrations after Friday prayers.

On Thursday night the internet seemed to have been cut in Tripoli, and telephone communications, particularly abroad, had become more difficult. "People want to come out tomorrow after prayers," said a spokesman for the Libyan Youth Movement. "But if it's like last Friday there will be armed guards outside every mosque. "It all really depends on the media. There's a hope that the media will be there so he can't afford to be too brutal."

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Libyan rebels braced for attacks ahead of anti-Gaddafi protests

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Tripoli/Cairo - Libyan rebels were braced for more attacks by forces loyal to leader Moamar Gaddafi on Friday as they prepared for mass protests across the country.

Witnesses in Libya's third largest city, Misurata, said they aimed to have a 1-million-strong march and that some of them would head for Tripoli, where Gaddafi remains in control.Opposition forces in the capital have also called for mass protests, set to begin at the city's mosques after traditional Friday prayers.

Meanwhile, residents in the eastern cities of al-Buraqyqa and Ajdabiya told Al Arabiya television that they were expecting further attacks by Gaddafi's forces.

Rebels there have been clashing with hundreds of Gaddafi loyalists over the past two days after security officials attacked the cities in an attempt to retake control.The opposition website Libya al-Youm reported that residents of the western city of Nalut had rejected an offer of 250,000 Libyan dinars (around 205,000 dollars) for each family that agreed to support Gaddafi. Violence has been ongoing in Libya since February 15, when widespread protests demanding Gaddafi's departure began.

The Libyan leader's brutal crackdown on the demonstrations has led to international condemnation, sanctions and an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
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Libyan officials bar reporters from leaving hotel

Tripoli braces for mass anti-Gaddafi protests
Friday, 04 March 2011
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We are preparing to pay this price of preventing you guys from reporting to avoid turning Tripoli into Baghdad
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Govt spokesman Mussa Ibrahim

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A Libyan civilian hold anti aircraft ammunitions at an army barrack in Benghazi
Al-Bayda, LIBYA (Agencies) Protesters demanding the departure of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi plan to hold mass protests in the capital Tripoli following the weekly prayers on Friday.

Tripoli has been relatively calm under a deadly crackdown with a reported wave of arrests, killings and disappearances by paramilitaries loyal to Gaddafi’s regime.

Libyan authorities blocked foreign journalists from leaving their hotel to report on expected protests after Friday prayers.

When journalists including Reuters reporters tried to walk out of the gates of the main media hotel, to the south of Tripoli city centre, security guards blocked their way.

A Libyan government spokesman said journalists were being kept in the Rixos hotel because their presence could trigger violence from what he described as affiliates of al Qaeda.

"These are exceptional circumstances. I know you're going to talk about it and twist it the way you want," said the spokesman Mussa Ibrahim. "We are preparing to pay this price of preventing you guys from reporting to avoid turning Tripoli into Baghdad."
A revolt against Gaddafi's four-decade rule has left the eastern side of the country, and several towns elsewhere, in rebel control with the capital now his principal strong-hold.

Several residents of Tripoli have said they are planning to protest against Gaddafi when they leave their mosques after Friday prayers, and that they anticipate a violent crackdown by armed pro-Gaddafi militias.

Overnight, gunshots could be heard outside the Rixos hotel. Ibrahim said the firing was an attempt by the rebels to disturb stability in central Tripoli.

About 130 journalists are in the hotel after being invited to Libya on an officially-organised media visit. Their movements are monitored by officials.

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Huku hali nchini Libya ikitajwa kuendelea kuzorota, Jamii ya kimataifa imeendelea kumtaka kiongozi wake Kanali Muammar Gaddafi kuachia ngazi.
Rais Barrack Obama wa Marekani amesema kwamba Marekani huenda ikachukua hatua ambazo bado hajazitaja kumshurutisha Rais Ghaddafi kujiuzulu.
Naye Rais Dmitriy Medvedev wa Urusi ameonya kwamba huenda Libya ikakumbwa na vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe ikiwa hatua za dharura hazitachukuliwa kurekebisha hali ilivyo nchini humo.
Rais Obama alikuwa akizungumza na waandishi wa habari katika ikulu ya White House ambapo alimtaka Rais Ghaddafi kung'atuka malakani mara moja.
Rais Obama pia ameonya kwamba wale wanaotekeleza mashabulizi dhidi ya raia nchii Libya watawajibika kwa makosa hayo.
Wakati huo huo Marekani sasa inatoa msaada wa moja kwa moja kusaidia wakimbizi kutoka Libya kurejea makwao. Rais Obama amearifu kwamba ametoa idhini ya kutumika kwa ndege za kijeshi za Marekani kurejesha raia wa Misri waliotorokea Tunisia kufuatia mapigano makali ambayo yamezuka kati ya wafuasi wa Rais Ghaddafi na vikundi vinayomtaka kujiuzulu.
Shirika la kutoa misaada la Marekani USAID pia limetuma maafisa katika mipaka ya Libya ili kushirikiana na wale wa Umoja wa Mataifa na mashirika mengine yasio ya kiserekali katika kutoa msaada kwa waathiriwa wa mapigano hayo.
Huku haya yakiarifiwa, mejeshi yanayomuunga mkono Rais Ghaddafi yemetekeleza mashambulizi mapya ya anga katika mji wa Brega wenye visima vya mafuta na ambao umetekwa na wapinzani wa Rais huyo. Hakuna majeruhi yalioripotiwa kufikia sasa.
 
Brits seize Libyan '£100m' cash ship


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Freeze ... Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi

A SHIP packed with '£100million' of Libyan money has been seized and escorted into a British port.

The vessel was taken into Harwich docks in Essex led by HMC Vigilant, the Home Office said today.
The seizure comes after Chancellor George Osborne froze Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's £900million of UK-based assets last weekend.
A spokesman added: "A vessel which had been heading to Libya returned to the UK on Wednesday morning.
"The ship was escorted into the port of Harwich by the UK Border Agency cutter HMC Vigilant.

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Seizure ... HMC Vigilant

"A number of containers were offloaded from the boat and have been taken under control of UK Border Agency and have been moved to a secure location.

"The cargo is understood to contain a significant quantity of Libyan currency, which is subject to a UN sanction."
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Reports suggested the ship was carrying £100million worth of the Libyan currency, the dinar, but the Home Office refused to confirm the exact value.

It is understood the ship was intercepted after being tracked to British waters when it aborted an attempt to dock in the Libyan capital Tripoli over the weekend.

The UK also banned the unlicensed export of any uncirculated Libyan banknotes from Britain in line with UN sanctions.
 
Lakini twende mbele turudi nyuma kwanini hawa watu(USA na wengineo) wamejiingiza zaidi kuwasaidia wananchi wa Libya. Lakini hawafanyi hivyo Ivory cost ambako jamaa anawakandamiza pia wananchi kibabe. Hawa wanaweza wakawa wana interest za mafuta ya Libya
 
Ezan said:
Lakini twende mbele turudi nyuma kwanini hawa watu(USA na wengineo) wamejiingiza zaidi kuwasaidia wananchi wa Libya. Lakini hawafanyi hivyo Ivory cost ambako jamaa anawakandamiza pia wananchi kibabe. Hawa wanaweza wakawa wana interest za mafuta ya Libya
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Libya imejaa visima vingi vya mafuta na raia wengi wa kigeni wakiwamo wa kutoka nchi za Ulaya magharibi walikuwa kenye maeneo hayo wakifanya kazi za kitaalam za kusadia kuchimba mafuta na mambo mengine.

Hawa raia wote imebidi waondoke warejee makwao katika nchi za Uingereza, Ufaransa, na zingine. Kampuni kubwa za mafuta kama BP ya Uingereza nao wamesimamisha shughuli za uchimbaji mafuta hayo jambo ambalo linaleta mifumuko ya bei ya mfuta katika chi zote zilizoendelea ambazo zinatagemea mafuta hayo.

Nchi zote za mabeberu zinategemea rasilimali hio ya mafuta kutoka kwenye nchi ya Libya na nchi zingine za kwenye eneo lote la uarabuni.

Tatizo ni kwamba kumuondoa Gaddafi kutaleta umwagaji mkubwa wa damu na mzozo utazagaa kwenye eneo zima. Pili kuna mfereji wa Suez ambao ndio unapitisha meli nyingi zinazopita kwenda Ulaya au kuingia Africa yaani Bahari ya Hindi kwa hio tatizo lolote linasumbua akili za mabeberu.

Uingereza ilitaka iweke kiwazo cha angani ili Libya isiweze kurusha ndege zake za kivita kwenye anga lake ili mabeberu wapate nafasi nzuri ya kupiga mabomu vyombo vya usalama wa anga vya Libya lakini Marekani imekataa wazo hili kwani Libya ina mfumo ulio juu kidogo kiteknologia ya Air Defence System yake.

Mwaka 1986 Rais Ronald Reagan wa marekani aliamua Libya ipigwe mabomu na mabomu hayo yalitupwa na kuharibu vituo vya jeshi la anga , makambi ya jeshi na eneo la karibu na makazi ya Gaddafi. Lakini pamoja ya shambulizi hilo Libya walijibu na kuitungua na kuangusha ndege moja ya kivita ya Marekani. Kwahio hali ya sasa inaashiria ugumu ukidogo wa kuishambulia Libya kupitia angani.

Hivyo tunarudi palepale kwamba mafuta ndio source kubwa ya mtafaruku huu kwenye eneo hilo.
 
Richard said:
Libya imejaa visima vingi vya mafuta na raia wengi wa kigeni wakiwamo wa kutoka nchi za Ulaya magharibi walikuwa kenye maeneo hayo wakifanya kazi za kitaalam za kusadia kuchimba mafuta na mambo mengine.

Hawa raia wote imebidi waondoke warejee makwao katika nchi za Uingereza, Ufaransa, na zingine. Kampuni kubwa za mafuta kama BP ya Uingereza nao wamesimamisha shughuli za uchimbaji mafuta hayo jambo ambalo linaleta mifumuko ya bei ya mfuta katika chi zote zilizoendelea ambazo zinatagemea mafuta hayo.

Nchi zote za mabeberu zinategemea rasilimali hio ya mafuta kutoka kwenye nchi ya Libya na nchi zingine za kwenye eneo lote la uarabuni.

Tatizo ni kwamba kumuondoa Gaddafi kutaleta umwagaji mkubwa wa damu na mzozo utazagaa kwenye eneo zima. Pili kuna mfereji wa Suez ambao ndio unapitisha meli nyingi zinazopita kwenda Ulaya au kuingia Africa yaani Bahari ya Hindi kwa hio tatizo lolote linasumbua akili za mabeberu.

Uingereza ilitaka iweke kiwazo cha angani ili Libya isiweze kurusha ndege zake za kivita kwenye anga lake ili mabeberu wapate nafasi nzuri ya kupiga mabomu vyombo vya usalama wa anga vya Libya lakini Marekani imekataa wazo hili kwani Libya ina mfumo ulio juu kidogo kiteknologia ya Air Defence System yake.

Mwaka 1986 Rais Ronald Reagan wa marekani aliamua Libya ipigwe mabomu na mabomu hayo yalitupwa na kuharibu vituo vya jeshi la anga , makambi ya jeshi na eneo la karibu na makazi ya Gaddafi. Lakini pamoja ya shambulizi hilo Libya walijibu na kuitungua na kuangusha ndege moja ya kivita ya Marekani. Kwahio hali ya sasa inaashiria ugumu ukidogo wa kuishambulia Libya kupitia angani.

Hivyo tunarudi palepale kwamba mafuta ndio source kubwa ya mtafaruku huu kwenye eneo hilo.
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Ni kweli mkuu.
 
hali bado ni tete Libya; huyo Gadhafi ajiuzulu tu kwa usalama wa raia wake
 
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hali bado ni tete Libya; huyo Gadhafi ajiuzulu tu kwa usalama wa raia wake
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Gaddafi hawezi kujiuzulu labla auwawe. Sababu kubwa ni kwamba, "Akijiuzulu anapelekwa The Hague na akiendelea anawekewa vikwazo ila atakuwa salama na mahakama ya kihalifu" Kumbuka pia Lockerbie bombing bado ipo nyuma yake, inasemekana yeye ndiye aliye order kazi ile ifanyike. Huyu jamaa ataendelea kuwepo mpaka ifanyike kama Iraq kitu ambacho nchi za magharibi hawafikirii kukifanya kutokana na hali ya uchumi.
 
Kwa kweli Qadaff must go, sasa wapi atakimbilia thats a big question. :usa2:
 
4 March 2011 Last updated at 12:44 ET

Libya removes itself from the net
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Net access in Libya that was intermittent is now non-existent, report web analysis firms

As fighting inside the country intensifies, Libya's links to the net appear to have been completely severed. Net monitoring and security firms are reporting that no net traffic is entering or leaving Libyan net space. Renesys said the outage was more than just a "blip" as many sites have been unreachable for more than 12 hours. Net traffic into and out of the country had been intermittent during recent protests but the cut coincided with a push to oust rebels.

During the early days of the rebellion in Libya, net access was restricted but in early March net traffic started to pick up in areas no longer under the control of Colonel Gaddafi's government.

Graphs of net activity maintained by Google show a steady rise in traffic to its sites throughout this week. In particular, Libyans were making heavy use of YouTube to post images of the conflict. This changed late in the evening of 3 March when net traffic stopped flowing into and out of the troubled nation. Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor at Trend Micro, said the approach to cutting net links was different to that taken by Egypt. While all routers reported that lines to Libya were live, any traffic sent was not reaching its destination and was probably being "blackholed", said Mr Ferguson.

Attempts to trace the routes that traffic could take into the country ended a hop short of official Libyan net space, said Mr Ferguson. This meant that not only was Libya cut off from the net, but those inside the country would not be able to send messages or browse sites either.

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Sir Howard said visiting Libya in an advisory role was a "personal error of judgement"


The director of the London School of Economics has resigned over its links to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Sir Howard Davies said he recognised the university's reputation had "suffered" and he had to quit.
He said the decision to accept £300,000 for research from a foundation run by Col Gaddafi's son, Saif, "backfired".
The LSE council has commissioned an independent inquiry into the university's relationship with Libya and Saif Gaddafi.
Sir Howard said he regretted visiting Libya to advise its regime about financial reforms, calling it a "personal error of judgement".
'Honourable course' He said: "I have concluded that it would be right for me to step down even though I know that this will cause difficulty for the institution I have come to love.
"The short point is that I am responsible for the school's reputation, and that has suffered."
He also said he had advised that it was "reasonable" to accept the money, which turned out to be a "mistake".
There were risks involved which should have been weighed more heavily in the balance, he concluded in his resignation letter.
Sir Howard is a former head of the Financial Services Authority and deputy governor of the Bank of England.
He will remain as the head of LSE until a successor has been found.
Peter Sutherland, chairman of the LSE's court of governors, said Sir Howard had been an "outstanding" director over the past eight years.
"We accept his resignation with great regret and reluctance but understand that he has taken an honourable course in the best interests of the school," he said


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Libya: efforts to coordinate rebels in disarray

Divisions have emerged inside a new military council attempting to take control of the rebellion against Col Muammar Gaddafi over the role of defectors in fighting pro-government forces.
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A Libyan rebel fighter wraps himself in heavy machine gun ammo before heading to battle against pro-Gaddafi forces, near the northern central city of Ras Lanuf Photo: AFP/GETTY

By Adrian Blomfield, outside Ras Lanuf 6:54PM GMT 04 Mar 2011

Efforts to coordinate Libya's chaotic uprising are in disarray after infighting erupted over a command-and-control structure, the uprising's chances of advancing on Tripoli to oust the Libyan leader.

Fighting an enemy equipped with vastly superior firepower, Libya's rebellion has so far largely been fought by volunteer irregulars, nearly all of them poorly-armed civilians.

Despite facing heavy artillery and airstrikes, they have put together a string of remarkable victories in eastern Libya, liberating its major cities and withstanding an army counteroffensive this week on the strategic oil town of Brega.

Within the rebel leadership, there has been a growing awareness that military discipline is badly needed on the rebels' frontline.

But a source close to the council said between those wanting to call up defecting military units and others who insisted that the revolution's integrity could only be preserved if it was led by civilian fighters.

A sense of disarray in the council has been heightened by some of its members allegedly accusing others of disloyalty.

"There is a lot of backbiting," the source said. "Basically, no-one trusts the other. Each one is accusing the other of only joining the revolution out of expediency rather than conviction. You have to expect this when we are dealing with such a fluid situation, but at the moment it is a bit messy."

A spokesman for the council said that roughly 6,000 civilian fighters were involved in the rebellion against Col Gaddafi. Most had been divided into fighting groups with one or two defecting military soldiers accompanying them.

"Each of these militia groups has a military officer that commands the loyalty of the rebels," the spokesman, Khaled al-Saayah, said. "But with telecommunications down, each unit will have to behave as it sees fit."

Since the uprising began, most of the estimated 6,000 soldiers in the east have simply gone home. If these men and the reservists actively joined the rebellion, its size would triple, Mr Saayah said.

Two days after the successful defence of Brega, the insurrectionists launched a haphazard attack on Ras Lanuf, a key oil port to which pro-Gaddafi forces had retreated after their defeat.

As he advanced in chaotic fashion, his fellow fighters haphazardly blazing bullets and anti-aircraft rounds into the air, Imad Giriani, normally a civil engineer, said he had just received just "one minute" of training in how to use the battered rifle he cradled in his arms.

Asked if the safety catch was on, Mr Giriani replied: "It's not that I'm worried about but this." From his left hand, he conjured up a hand grenade.
"I had no idea how to use it."

Harried and visibly exhausted, the commanding officer on the front line, Col Bashir abdul Khader, struggled to keep his men in line. He said he had received no instruction from the military committee.

"There is no organisation," he said. "This is a popular revolt, but God is with us."
 
Ezan said:
Lakini twende mbele turudi nyuma kwanini hawa watu(USA na wengineo) wamejiingiza zaidi kuwasaidia wananchi wa Libya. Lakini hawafanyi hivyo Ivory cost ambako jamaa anawakandamiza pia wananchi kibabe. Hawa wanaweza wakawa wana interest za mafuta ya Libya
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Gaddafi ni muuaji ameua zaidi ya walibya 6,000 kama ambavyo PressTV ya Iran ilivyotangaza. NI vema akamatwe na afungwe maisha au anyongwe
 
Dozens of people have been killed and many more injured after the army opened fire on protesters in the Libyan city of Zawiyah, according to reports.


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