Thursday, 24. February 2011

Ghadhafis Privatpilot verlässt das Land


14:15 Uhr Laut der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters hat der Pilot von Ghadhafis Privatflugzeug, Odd Birger Johansen, das Land verlassen. Der 57-Jährige sei gemeinsam mit Tochter und Ehefrau nach Wien geflüchtet. Auch norwegische Zeitungen berichten von Johansens Flucht.

tagesanzeiger.ch orf.atold

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Tripoli: a city in the shadow of death


Gunfire in the suburbs – and fear, hunger and rumour in the capital Thousands race for last tickets out of a city sinking into anarchy

Robert Fisk, with the first dispatch from Libya's war-torn capital, reports.

Up to 15,000 men, women and children besieged Tripoli's international airport last night, shouting and screaming for seats on the few airliners still prepared to fly to Muammar Gaddafi's rump state, paying Libyan police bribe after bribe to reach the ticket desks in a rain-soaked mob of hungry, desperate families. Many were trampled as Libyan security men savagely beat those who pushed their way to the front.

independent.co.uk

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Will there be a battle of Tripoli?


As the Ghaddafi regime quickly is losing its last supporters, the terrified residents of Tripoli are asking themselves if there will be a final battle in the city, or if the regime just will collapse.

Reports from the Libyan capital this evening are contradicting. Several sources repeat that the streets of Tripoli are dominated by the regime's last thugs, plain-cloth men armed with anything from machine guns to sables, and occasional police and army units.

afrol.com

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Civil disobedience in Tripoli this morning


Civil disobedience in Tripoli this morning

ibyafeb17

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pilot Johansen fled Gaddafi's wife Safiya, daughter Aisha and other family in the Falcon 900 5A-DCN to Vienna Austria - which source?


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nrk.noa

Ghaddafi's private pilot: "I want to leave!"

The private pilot of Moammar Ghaddafi, a Norwegian citizen, says he wants to leave Libya as soon as possible, but may have to wait for the Libyan leader.

afrol.com

update

Ghaddafi's private pilot has fled Libya

The pilot of Moammar Ghaddafi's private jet, a Norwegian citizen, has been able to flee Libya with his family. They are now safe in Vienna after fearing for their lives in Libya.

57-year-old Odd Birger Johansen for the last year has been the pilot of the private jet of Colonel Ghaddafi. He is now in Tripoli, together with his wife and daughter that had chosen this unhappy moment to visit him for a holiday in Libya.

afrol.com

airport-data.com

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Mugabe dispatches Commandos to protect Gaddafi


There are unconfirmed reports doing the rounds in Zimbabwe State intelligence circles saying President Robert Mugabe has sent troops from his Commando crack unit to Libya to save his long time ally and financier Colonel Muammaur Gaddafi.

The accuracy of these allegations have not been not been verified but plausible bags of evidence based on the relationship between the two leaders are hugely backing the reports.

thezimbabwemail.com

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Libya placed billions of dollars at U.S. banks - WikiLeaks


Libya's secretive sovereign wealth fund has $32 billion in cash with several U.S. banks each managing up to $500 million, and it has primary investments in London, a confidential diplomatic cable shows. The cable, obtained by WikiLeaks and revealing the details of a January meeting between the head of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) and the U.S. ambassador in Tripoli, comes as the United States and European governments explored the possibility of freezing assets belonging to the Libyan government.

LIA, the umbrella body for Libya's sovereign funds managing oil windfall revenues, is estimated to manage assets of around $70 billion with stakes in European bluechips such as Italian bank UniCredit and British publishing group Pearson.

reuters.com

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N.Korea on Alert for Signs of Resistance


The North Korean regime is on alert after signs of public unrest mainly in North Pyongyan Province, the chief conduit of information from the outside world into North Korea. On Feb. 14, dozens staged nighttime protests in Jongju and Yongchon in the province demanding electricity and food, while on Feb. 18, hundreds in Sinuiju clashed with security forces to protest a crackdown on open-air markets.

chosun.com

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Benghazi units prepare to liberate Tripoli


In "liberated" eastern Libya, people are queuing to join units of the armed forces that plan to go westwards to rescue protesters in Tripoli from Ghaddafi's terror.

Benghazi, Libya's second city and the focus of unrest, has been a scene of celebrations for the last few days, after army units united with protesters and made it the centre of "liberated Libya." People have danced in the streets, sent up fireworks and even returned their arms to the military as popular committees have brought new order to the city.

afrol.com

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Libya is one tribe


Man holding up to TV camera sign that reads "Libya is one tribe" during tribal leaders meeting in Bayda

Man holding up to TV camera sign that reads "Libya is one tribe" during tribal leaders meeting in Bayda now

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Kuwait Red Crescent urgently delivers aid to Libya


Kuwait's Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Roudhan Al-Roudhan announced Thursday that upon the orders of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah orders the Cabinet commissioned the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to urgently send humanitarian aids due to the upheavel in Libya.

kuna.net.kw

Here is the list of the medicine that they need in #Libya. See if you can contribute and bring it to Mostafa Mahmoud before 3pm. >RT

twitlonger.com

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