The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi

[jmushi1]

Nimemwona Gaddafi hapa kwenye cnn anahutubia wananchi wake anasema "Niko hapa" nadhani akiwapiga vijembe kina Sarkozy.

 

[Richard]

Kitovu cha mapinduzi mjini Beghazi kumekuwa tulivu.

Wananchi wake walizoea kuona vifaa vya kijeshi vya jeshi la Libya kwenye maadhimisho ya uhuru wa Libya ambapo vifaa hivyo vilionyeshwa hadharani.

Sasa wanaviona vifaa hivyohivyo vikiwa vimeharibiwa kwa mabomu baada ya mashambulizi ya ndege za kijeshi za nchi za Ulaya.

 

[Eqlypz]

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[jmushi1]

Gaddafi anasema nothing scares him,no hurricanes scares him,anasema all libyans are laughing at the rockets!Anasema "We will be victorious" ansema they are prepared for a short or long war,anarudia rudia kuwa he is not scared!

 

[Eqlypz]

Mbali ya ndege ya coalition force kuanguka leo has been a slow day kwa kweli.

23:46 Al Jazeera Arabic At last, a coordinating council has been formed between the Revolutionary brigades and the defected Army battalions. This council will ensure that all military action is coordinated for maximum effectiveness.

23:06 Al Jazeera Arabic Revolutionaries are in complete control of Ajdabiya right now. The flags of independence are raised over many areas of the city but clashes occur from time to time with Gaddafi's forces in the east and west. The revolutionaries choose to attack Gaddafi's troops during the night time as that is proving to be most effective.

2:28 BBC At least two of the aircraft promised by Qatar have now arrived in Cyprus. Qatar is so far the only Arab country to contribute to the military operation against Libya. The planes are headed for the base of Souda in Crete but had to make an unscheduled stop after struggling against high winds. The two Mirage 2000 jets and the C-17 cargo aircraft had to refuel in Cyprus, AP reports.

 

[Richard]

Ndege za kivita za kutoka Norway zikiwa tayari kwenda kufanya mashambulizi mengine. Ugiriki haishiri katika mgogoro huo lakini imeruhusu shughuli zote za mashambuli dhidi ya Libya yaanzie hapo kisiwani Crete.


Ndege za kujaza mafuta za Marekani zikiwa zimetua katika kisiwa cha ugiriki kiitwacho Crete.


Wananchi wa Benghazi walishangilia na kukejeli picha ya kiongozi wao waliemtukuza Kanali Muammar Gadaffi katika kitongozi chenye kituo cha jeshi la majini kiitwacho Boussetta.


Mmoja wa vijana wa Benghazi akifarijiwa na nduguze baada ya kugundua kwamba kaka yake alifariki kutokana na majeraha aliyopata baada ya mabomu kudondoshwa mjini



Ndege ya kijeshi ya France C160 ikiruka kutokea kisiwani Crete kwenda kufanya mashambulizi.


Ndege ya kivita ya Denmark ikiruka kutokea katika kituo cha kijeshi cha Umoja wa nchi za kujihami NATO cha Sigonella mjini Cicily.

 

[Eqlypz]

Gaddafi anasema nothing scares him,no hurricanes scares him,anasema all libyans are laughing at the rockets!Anasema "We will be victorious" ansema they are prepared for a short or long war,anarudia rudia kuwa he is not scared!

Sounds like Saddam kabla hajaenda mafichoni

 

[Nonda]

Libya intervention threatens the Arab spring Despite its official UN-granted legality, the credibility of Western military action in Libya is rapidly dwindling.



Western air and naval strikes against Libya are threatening the Arab Spring.

Ironically, one of the reasons many people supported the call for a no-fly zone was the fear that if Gaddafi managed to crush the Libyan people''s uprising and remain in power, it would send a devastating message to other Arab dictators: Use enough military force and you will keep your job.

Instead, it turns out that just the opposite may be the result: It was after the UN passed its no-fly zone and use-of-force resolution, and just as US, British, French and other warplanes and warships launched their attacks against Libya, that other Arab regimes escalated their crack-down on their own democratic movements.

In Yemen, 52 unarmed protesters were killed and more than 200 wounded on Friday by forces of the US-backed and US-armed government of Ali Abdullah Saleh. It was the bloodiest day of the month-long Yemeni uprising. President Obama "strongly condemned" the attacks and called on Saleh to "allow demonstrations to take place peacefully".

But while a number of Saleh's government officials resigned in protest, there was no talk from Saleh's US backers of real accountability, of a travel ban or asset freeze, not even of slowing the financial and military aid flowing into Yemen in the name of fighting terrorism.

Similarly in US-allied Bahrain, home of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, at least 13 civilians have been killed by government forces. Since the March 15 arrival of 1,500 foreign troops from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, brought in to protect the absolute power of the king of Bahrain, 63 people have been reported missing.

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said: "We have made clear that security alone cannot resolve the challenges facing Bahrain. Violence is not the answer, a political process is."

But she never demanded that foreign troops leave Bahrain, let alone threatened a no-fly zone or targeted air strikes to stop their attacks.

Libya intervention threatens the Arab spring - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

 

[Eqlypz]

02:24 The Guardian Adam Tarbah, Second secretary to Libya's delegation to the UN: My colleagues and I defected from the Libyan mission to the UN to draw attention to Gaddafi's attacks on unarmed protesters I am almost the same age as Gaddafi's regime. I was born in 1968, a year before Gaddafi came to power.
The regime in Libya is built on the safety and security of Gaddafi himself. Every aspect of Libyans' lives revolves around him and no one dares to question his orders.
Living in that sort of situation for so long you tend to go with the flow just to be able to achieve basic goals in your life. I joined the Libyan foreign ministry since it included opportunities for self-development: the chance of being posted abroad, of being exposed to other cultures and societies, and of trying to change some stereotypes about Libyans.
But once the uprising occurred, the scene changed and mixed emotions and feelings emerged; feelings of anxiety, doubt, fear and even hope…
Read the article here

 

[Eqlypz]

Mpaka sasa 336 aerial missions, 108 air strikes and 162 Tomahawk Missiles, nimejaribu kutafuta idadi kamili ya marehemu, majeruhi wa hii operation lakini nimeshindwa kupata, kama kuna mtu anajua tafadhali post.

06:02 BBC The Pentagon says that of Tuesday, the US military had flown 212 aerial missions over Libya, while 124 had been flown by other coalition forces. A total of 108 air strikes had been carried out and 162 Tomahawk missiles had been fired, it adds.


05:30 Reuters Explosions have been heard in the capital Tripoli says a Reuters witness.

 

[ByaseL]

Opiyo Oloya

ON March 1, long before there was any discussion of the UN imposed no-fly zone or Western Coalition attacks on Libya, I wrote the following: “In the end, the protesters will not be able to take on Muammar Gaddafi by simply walking into hails of bullets which will surely come.

What will push Gaddafi is the UN authorisation of the use of force to soften up the dictator’s air defense and ground troops. With a no-fly zone established over Libya, Gaddafi will be denied any superiority he enjoys in the air.”

Gaddafi, as I wrote in that article, will go down fighting and kicking which is exactly what is happening now.

However, there is a saying that the falling person will clutch at the stalk of grass to steady self. As a falling man, Gaddafi will eagerly grab at any opportunity to save his life and that of his family. He is especially aware that in the hands of the rebel forces, his demise is guaranteed.

Gaddafi, has lived long enough to have witnessed other dictators suffer ignoble defeat and gruesome deaths.

There was the brutal execution by firing squad of Romanian former president, the late Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena on Christmas Day in 1989. Ironically, on the very day that Ceausescu lost his life, rebels opposed to former Liberian president the late Samuel Doe formed an alliance that eventually toppled the former army officer.

The rebels ended Doe’s horrific ten year reign when they captured him on September 9, 1990 and slaughtered him like a chicken on camera, displaying his stark naked body for all to see. More recently former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hunted down like a squirrel, tried and hanged on December 30 2006.

But, with some quick thinking and planning, the African Union (AU) can save the day.

The effort spearheaded by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni alongside the leaders of South Africa, Mauritania, Congo and Mali must come up with a win-win proposition to the UN Security Council that allows Gaddafi to save face and his skin while simultaneously satisfying the UN-backed Western Coalition and the Libyan rebel movement working to topple him.

The petition must start with the premise that Gaddafi’s rule is over and his exit is necessary for a satisfactory resolution to the Libyan crisis. The question then is what to do with the colonel, followed by the way forward.

Foremost, in considering what to do with Gaddafi, the AU team must point out that three and half weeks ago the US had urged Gaddafi to leave and settle wherever he pleased.

This, unfortunately, is not possible now given that the allies have imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and, moreover, have accused the Libyan leader of perpetrating crimes against the people of Libya, and will do everything to apprehend him. There have been talks about sending the Libyan leader to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.

However, insisting that peace comes at a cost, the AU team must press the Security Council to formally adopt an exit strategy for Gaddafi that allows the dictator and his family to leave Libya to settle in a country of their choice.

There must be express guarantees given that Gaddafi will not be apprehended, and sent to the Hague to face prosecution for crimes against the people of Libya.

Presumably, with some coaxing, the Libyan leader could choose to settle in Venezuela, Uganda or any other country where he has friends. It may not be advisable for the leader to go to another Middle Eastern country given the ongoing volatility in the region, which might see him jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

Secondly, the AU team must also insist that with Colonel Gaddafi out the way, the Western coalition must immediately suspend further military action over Libya.

This will allow the opposition rebel group to meet face to face with the remnants of Gaddafi’s government to plot a path toward a new Libya.

In this case, the Western Coalition will need to lean hard on the rebels to get them to sit down with their opponents.

The meeting must set up a transitional government that will begin planning the opening of political space in Libya.

The compelling argument to be placed before the Security Council is the specter of Libya as a failed state with warlords carving areas for themselves.

The unbridled enthusiasm of the rebels must be reined in now before they gain power, and begin shooting at everything that moves including their benefactors from the West. Such is the case in Somalia now.

Of course, this assumes that Muammar Gaddafi is willing to concede to the rebels and become an exiled former strongman.

The stubborn son of the desert who said last week that he will “go crazy” against the world is unpredictable, but with bombs exploding all around, he might be persuaded to swallow his pride.

He has a family to think about for goodness sake.

Finally, the African Union team must insist that future consideration for military action against a rogue African leader be delegated first to the AU to deal with before Western powers take matters into their hands.

However, to be taken seriously, the AU team must come to the Security Council with a demonstrable plan for dealing with leaders such as the defeated former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo who refuses to leave power, and is now using armed gangs to terrorise his people.

It is the only way it can show maturity, creativity and above all, a willingness to sort out problems in the neighbourhood.

Opiyo.oloya@sympatico.ca

 

[wimbi la mbele]

atakosa vipi exit strategy wakati yuko kwake?

tatizo liko kwa hao walioshindwa kuinterpret the meaning of resolution 1973

Army generals wanasema kuwa wameambiwa wakalinde raia na uvunjaji wa haki za binadamu


wanasiasa wanasema wanataka kumpindua...hata kumuu aka REGIME CHANGE

NATO nako hakuna umoja ndio maana Turkey jana walichomoa

Qatar ndege nusra zianguke baharini baada ya CYPRUS kugoma kuwapa uwanja waweke mafuta

 

[Nonda]

Sababu ya wao kupata kipondo leo ni nini?

Ebu mkuu tuwe wakweli, mataifa ya kiarabu yenyewe hayataki kuisaidia Palestina, the only time they mentioned them ni pale wanapoona kuna manufaa kwa other than that ata kuwakaribisha hawataki. Uko Lebanon hawataki ata kuwasikia hao wapalestina (kwa mujibu wa rafiki yangu wa kilebanon).

Ebu niambie Camp David Accord, Oslo Accord, Camp David 2000 nani alizisimamia? Tuweke ushabiki pembeni.

Haya mambo ya Israel yana thread zake, hii ni thread ya Libya.

Mkuu.
Unaikimbia hoja, ..hoja ni kuwa UK, France, US, NATO ni wapenda demokarasi na wanapenda kuzuia uvunjaji wa human rights, ukandamizaji wa raia wasio na hatia.
kama waarabu ni wanafiki na hawataki kuwasaidia waarabu wenzao. je na hawa US na UK, France ni wanafiki pia, pia wao hawataki kuwasaidia wapalestina? na mbona hawajapeleka jets zao kupiga vituo vya kijeshi vya Israel?

Wapalestina wangapi wameshauliwa na Serikali ya Israel hadi sasa tokea mzozo ulipoanza? Au wapalestina sio raia wasio na hatia?
Na waesrael wanagpi wameuliwa katika mzozo huu?

Kinyume chake US anatumia kura yake ya veto kuilinda Israel kila linapopelekwa azimio linalohusu Israel kuko UN. Au hulijui hili?

 

[tufikiri]

Opiyo Oloya

ON March 1, long before there was any discussion of the UN imposed no-fly zone or Western Coalition attacks on Libya, I wrote the following: “In the end, the protesters will not be able to take on Muammar Gaddafi by simply walking into hails of bullets which will surely come.

What will push Gaddafi is the UN authorisation of the use of force to soften up the dictator’s air defense and ground troops. With a no-fly zone established over Libya, Gaddafi will be denied any superiority he enjoys in the air.”

Gaddafi, as I wrote in that article, will go down fighting and kicking which is exactly what is happening now.

However, there is a saying that the falling person will clutch at the stalk of grass to steady self. As a falling man, Gaddafi will eagerly grab at any opportunity to save his life and that of his family. He is especially aware that in the hands of the rebel forces, his demise is guaranteed.

Gaddafi, has lived long enough to have witnessed other dictators suffer ignoble defeat and gruesome deaths.

There was the brutal execution by firing squad of Romanian former president, the late Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena on Christmas Day in 1989. Ironically, on the very day that Ceausescu lost his life, rebels opposed to former Liberian president the late Samuel Doe formed an alliance that eventually toppled the former army officer.

The rebels ended Doe’s horrific ten year reign when they captured him on September 9, 1990 and slaughtered him like a chicken on camera, displaying his stark naked body for all to see. More recently former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hunted down like a squirrel, tried and hanged on December 30 2006.

But, with some quick thinking and planning, the African Union (AU) can save the day.

The effort spearheaded by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni alongside the leaders of South Africa, Mauritania, Congo and Mali must come up with a win-win proposition to the UN Security Council that allows Gaddafi to save face and his skin while simultaneously satisfying the UN-backed Western Coalition and the Libyan rebel movement working to topple him.

The petition must start with the premise that Gaddafi’s rule is over and his exit is necessary for a satisfactory resolution to the Libyan crisis. The question then is what to do with the colonel, followed by the way forward.

Foremost, in considering what to do with Gaddafi, the AU team must point out that three and half weeks ago the US had urged Gaddafi to leave and settle wherever he pleased.

This, unfortunately, is not possible now given that the allies have imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and, moreover, have accused the Libyan leader of perpetrating crimes against the people of Libya, and will do everything to apprehend him. There have been talks about sending the Libyan leader to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.

However, insisting that peace comes at a cost, the AU team must press the Security Council to formally adopt an exit strategy for Gaddafi that allows the dictator and his family to leave Libya to settle in a country of their choice.

There must be express guarantees given that Gaddafi will not be apprehended, and sent to the Hague to face prosecution for crimes against the people of Libya.

Presumably, with some coaxing, the Libyan leader could choose to settle in Venezuela, Uganda or any other country where he has friends. It may not be advisable for the leader to go to another Middle Eastern country given the ongoing volatility in the region, which might see him jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

Secondly, the AU team must also insist that with Colonel Gaddafi out the way, the Western coalition must immediately suspend further military action over Libya.

This will allow the opposition rebel group to meet face to face with the remnants of Gaddafi’s government to plot a path toward a new Libya.

In this case, the Western Coalition will need to lean hard on the rebels to get them to sit down with their opponents.

The meeting must set up a transitional government that will begin planning the opening of political space in Libya.

The compelling argument to be placed before the Security Council is the specter of Libya as a failed state with warlords carving areas for themselves.

The unbridled enthusiasm of the rebels must be reined in now before they gain power, and begin shooting at everything that moves including their benefactors from the West. Such is the case in Somalia now.

Of course, this assumes that Muammar Gaddafi is willing to concede to the rebels and become an exiled former strongman.

The stubborn son of the desert who said last week that he will “go crazy” against the world is unpredictable, but with bombs exploding all around, he might be persuaded to swallow his pride.

He has a family to think about for goodness sake.

Finally, the African Union team must insist that future consideration for military action against a rogue African leader be delegated first to the AU to deal with before Western powers take matters into their hands.

However, to be taken seriously, the AU team must come to the Security Council with a demonstrable plan for dealing with leaders such as the defeated former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo who refuses to leave power, and is now using armed gangs to terrorise his people.

It is the only way it can show maturity, creativity and above all, a willingness to sort out problems in the neighbourhood.

Opiyo.oloya@sympatico.ca

The Strongest Man in the World is he who stand alone. Aluta continue......

 

[Da Womanizer]

Ubaya ni pale wanapokuwa na Rais dhaifu kama Obama,ambaye hata propaganda zimemshinda kuanzia ndani ya nchi yake,ni ajabu kuona democrats wanampinga na kusema tofauti naye,yeye aseme wako for humanitarian concerns,democrat mwenzie aseme ni mafuta tu..... pia ukisikiliza maneno ya Putin,Angela Merkel,India na China utajua kuwa hana hata uwezo wa kushawishi mataifa mengine makubwa kwenye mipango yake, kila siku ana sababu mpya ya kuipiga Libya...wamarekani wengine hawajui mission yake huko.....na kukosa support ya hizo nchi kunamweka pabaya hata kupata lengo lake la mafuta,sasa itaanza vita ya mafuta kati ya mataifa makubwa yenyewe kwa yenyewe.. na Libya ni nchi yenye ukabila ambao Gadafi aliufunika kwa kiasi kikubwa,.....in short its a stupid war.....alisemaga vita ya Bush Iraq was a dumb war....ya kwake is the Dumbest war ever!!!:washing:

Mrs nakukubali sana. Ndio maana ukawa political adviser wangu. Big up sana

 

[Da Womanizer]

Nilikua namsupport sana Obama,bila sababu ya msingi (huenda ni ngozi yake) lakini nagundua huyu bwana ni mwepesi as well...tokea awali niko tofauti sana na western kwa namna wanavyoichukulia Afrika,tena kwenye maeneo yenye manufaa kwao..ni wafitini,wazandiki na wanaopandikisha chuki kwa watu dhidi ya viongozi wao ili kuwajengea picha mbaya na mwishowe kuanzisha vurugu ambazo nao huingia lakini lengo lao ni kuhujumu tu....
Nasupport viongozi imara.......western nia yao ni kuweka watu dhaifu kwenye uongozi ktk nchi wenye maslah ili kuendelea kuvuna rasilimali ilihali wenye nchi wakiomba misaada kila kukicha! Ipo siku Mungu atawaadhibu as well! Mungu ibariki Afrika, ashame upon u American na vibaraka wengine!

Hiyo attitude hapo kwenye red huwa inanikera sana. Come Africans pull yourself together and act, Hivi mtakaa mnangoja mungu bila kufanya chochote hadi lini...aaaaargh.

 

[Buswelu]

Hii kazi wameianza uku africa bora waimarize kabisa...wakimaliza Libya waje kwa museveni,waende kwa mugabe..then wacheki cheki kama Tanzania tuna nia ya kubadili katiba tuendelee kwa miaka mingie isiyo hesabika wapige na kwenyewe....then wakiondoka wanakuwa wamesafisha africa...wanaiacha kama wanavyo penda....

 

[BabuK]

Libya has declared gold reserves worth more than $6bn at current prices, thought to be held largely at home.

The reserves are substantial, ranking in the global top 25, according International Monetary Fund (IMF) data.

They could potentially be used to finance Colonel Gaddafi's government at a time when it is subject to international financial sanctions.

It might be possible to transport the gold to other African countries and sell it.

Sahara Desert
This is rather speculative, it must be said, but the gold could in principle generate millions of dollars in revenue, which could be used for example to pay foreign fighters.

Raising cash this way would face challenges.

Transport out of Libya would be difficult - using the country's Mediterranean ports would be too dangerous with military action under way.

The alternatives would involve the crossing borders with other African countries in the Sahara Desert.

It's also unlikely that Libya could get anything close to the international market price for any gold disposed of in this kind of unconventional way.

Nonetheless, there are possibilities for a government desperate to raise funds.

The gold reserves that Libya could dip into are very large for what is a small country in terms of population - with six million people - and in terms of economic activity.

Shrewd investment
The IMF data show Libya's reserves to be 4.6 million ounces, a figure of nearly 144 tonnes. At current market prices the value is over $6bn.

There are twenty countries with larger gold reserves. But, with the exception of Lebanon, they are all much richer or much larger in population.

Britain for example has twice as much gold, but ten times the population and an economy more than 30 times the size.

A closer comparison is Algeria, which is, like Libya, a North African oil producer - it has 20% more gold reserves, but more than five times the population.

So why does Libya have such a large holding of the precious metal?

Given how the the gold price has climbed in recent years, you might argue that it is the result of shrewd investment decisions.

But Colonel Gaddafi does have past experience of being on the receiving end of international sanctions.

So the fondness for gold could well reflect a desire to have an asset that can be kept at home, away from foreign enemies.

It is not one that is easy to turn into cash in current circumstances.

But it is more usable than financial assets or stakes in firms in the countries that are trying to starve him of funds.
SOURCE:BBCNEWS

 

[Ehud]

Dah alikuwa na akili sana Gadafi pamoja na lawama zote wanazomrushia

 

[Mwanamageuko]

Wa kwetu wanaondosha ndani wanapeleka nje!!!