Topic: POLITIK - on February 24, 2011 at 9:56:00 AM CET
Gaddafis zerstrittene Sippe
Sie zanken um Milliarden und politischen Einfluss: Die Kinder des libyschen Diktators sind sich spinnefeind. Die von WikiLeaks veröffentlichten US-Depeschen zeichnen ein erschreckendes Bild vom Innenleben des Gaddafi-Clans - von Gier, Gewalt und Intrige.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 24, 2011 at 12:10:00 AM CET
EU und USA gegenüber Libyen zahnlos - Es bleibt bei „scharfer Kritik“ - Obama: Welt soll „mit einer Stimme sprechen“
Schon zu Beginn der dramatischen Umwälzungen in der arabischen Welt waren USA und EU von den Ereignissen völlig überrascht worden. Und auch jetzt, angesichts des brutalen Vorgehens des Regimes von Staatschef Al-Gaddafi gegen die Proteste in Libyen, hat man, abgesehen davon, die Gewalt „aufs Schärfste“ zu verurteilen, wenig zu bieten: US-Präsident Obama sagte in einem Statement, das Blutvergießen sei inakzeptabel. Aber Rücktrittsaufforderungen an Al-Gaddafi kamen ebenso wenig wie konkrete Maßnahmen. Und auch die EU schaffte es nicht, sich auf Sanktionen zu einigen.
orf.at Transcript Obama wettert gegen Gaddafis Gewaltstrategie
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 23, 2011 at 11:23:00 PM CET
President Obama Makes Statement on Libya - Condemns Violence in Libya But Doesn't Mention Moammar Gadhafi - It is imperative that the nations and peoples of the world speak with one voice
(All times are local in Libya GMT+2)
February 24, 2011
12:07am: Barack Obama, the US president, for the first time has spoken on the Libyan crisis. He offered his condolences to the people who have been killed and suffered in the violence during the Libyan uprising.
He said that the suffering of the Libyan people was outrageous and unacceptable.
Obama said that the Libyan government’s order to shoot at the peaceful protesters was in violation of international norms.
[Video] whitehouse.gov Transcript abcnews.go.com [Video] 11alive.com aljazeera Live Blog - Libya Feb 24 aljazeera.net
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 23, 2011 at 9:19:00 PM CET
Math
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 23, 2011 at 6:39:00 PM CET
More Libyan cities fall to the opposition
Muammar Gaddafi will neither leave Libya nor step down and a bloody fight to the end is likely with protesters intent on driving him out, the Libyan leader's former head of protocol said on Tuesday. Nuri al-Mismari -- who has been at Gaddafi's side for almost 40 years although he left Libya in late 2010 to undergo heart surgery in France -- resigned on Monday from his post as chief of state protocol.
"He will continue. There is nobody stronger than the people, but he will not leave Libya, he will not step down," al-Mismari told Reuters in an interview in a Paris hotel.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 23, 2011 at 6:12:00 PM CET
6.55pm: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, tells the Associated Press that if reports of aerial attacks against civilians turn out to be true, the international community may need to impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
Live-blog-libya-feb-22 8:20 am There have been multiple reports out of Libya that security forces there are using "high caliber" or "anti-aircraft" weapons against civilian protesters. We've seen video of Libyans holding spent rounds, both large and small, comparing the two for cameras. To get a sense of what high caliber really means, look at this photo:
The round second from right is standard 5.56mm - of the type used by NATO forces, as the photo illustrates. The round on the far left is .50 caliber and has reportedly been used against protesters. Sources in Tripoli who have spoken with doctors in the capital also said some believe explosive rounds are being used.
One blogger noted: "I had a discussion with my brother, who’s currently training in the police academy, about weapons that law enforcement/the military uses. Do you want to know what police departments who even have these bullets use them for? Immobilizing vehicles and shooting through walls ... These bullets are designed to shred things much tougher than the human body."
blog-libya-feb-23 live-blog-libya-feb-22
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 23, 2011 at 10:47:00 AM CET
Warfalla Cheif Libya's most largest tribe said he backed the protesters & wud send his people 2 Tripoli to assist in the final battle
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 23, 2011 at 10:43:00 AM CET
BBC first journalist enters eastern Libya yesterday
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 23, 2011 at 10:29:00 AM CET
Al Jazeera’s interview with Libyan Ambassador in the US
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 22, 2011 at 9:26:00 PM CET
Live Blog - Libya Feb 22
10.11pm: Libya's defected interior minister has urged the Libyan army to join the people and respond to their "legitimate demands" echoing the language used by defecting Egyptian military leaders before the fall of president Hosni Mubarak.
10:04pm: "Gaddafi's No.2" Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan minister of interior and army general - resigns. More to come.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 22, 2011 at 5:43:00 PM CET
Human Rights Watch: Commanders Should Face Justice for Killings
Witnesses in Tripoli have described Libyan forces firing "randomly" at protesters in the capital on February 22 and 21, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. While Human Rights Watch is unable to verify these reports, sources from two hospitals in Tripoli said at least 62 bodies, victims of clashes, had been brought into their morgues since February 20. On February 22, one man told Human Rights Watch by Skype that he could see men driving around shooting at passers-by in the Ben Ashour neighbourhood of Tripoli.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 22, 2011 at 5:42:00 PM CET
BREAKING: Helicopters circling Tripoli now. Gaddafi's soldiers are armed with machine guns with ammo
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