Thursday, 24. February 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on February 24, 2011 at 10:31:00 AM CET
2011 Libyan protests - Libyan opposition
The 2011 Libyan protests began as a series of protests and confrontations occurring in the North African state of Libya against the Government of Libya and its de facto leader Muammar al-Gaddafi. The unrest began on 15 February 2011 and continues to the present. Media outlets have reported the unrest as being inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, connecting the protests with the wider 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests.[4] According to Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent, who entered Libya and had reached the city of Tobruk on 22 February 2011, "the protest movement is no longer a protest movement, it's a war. It's open revolt."[5] On 22 February, The Economist described the events as an "uprising that is trying to reclaim Libya from the world's longest-ruling autocrat."[6]
Libyan opposition
The Libyan opposition is a generic term used to refer to groups opposed to the government of Muammar al-Gaddafi. The opposition includes organised groups, participants in the 2011 mass protests and demonstrations, Libyan diplomats that no longer support the Gaddafi-led government and Libyan military units that have switched sides to support the protestors.
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