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Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE303

for those of us not in the United States, the US Media is basically covering the -Blam!- out of McCain's trip to Benghazi

CNN Reports that Libya's foreign Minister said that Loyalist troops may with draw from Misrata and leave the city to be taken by local tribes

Washington has said that Iran is supplying Syria with tools to suppress protesters (Tear Gas, Police batons were mentioned specifically)

[Edited on 04.23.2011 7:19 AM PDT]

  • 04.22.2011 2:16 PM PDT

The first Drone Strike has now occurred in Libya as of an hour ago

Syria Security Forces open fire on mourners, killing 6 people

a Italian Boat that was seized by Loyalist forces has been released after a month

Misrata is now a Victory for the Rebels, after reports of Loyalists Force retreating from the city's outskirts. reports on this are conflicting though.

[Edited on 04.23.2011 7:39 AM PDT]

  • 04.23.2011 7:36 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

Looks like the reports of Misurata being liberated have been exagerated. Gaddafi forces have however retreated from the western section of the city(Including Tripoli Street) after NATO hit Three tanks, one bunker, one early warning radar and one surface to air radar in the city.

Qatar is now helping the Rebels set up a forward hospital and C&C centre at the Tunisian boarder.

  • 04.23.2011 12:06 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

a direct copy and paste from Al Jazeera's live blog:

* Libyan troops captured by rebels in Misurata said on Saturday the army had been ordered to retreat from the western port, and a rebel spokesman said soldiers had booby trapped bodies and buildings as they fled.

* A spokesman for Libyan rebels said the city of Misurata was freed from Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Saturday after a siege of Libya's third-largest city lasting nearly two months.

* The United States launched its first Predator drone strike in Libya on Saturday.

* NATO jets hit a target near Gaddafi's compound in central Tripoli early on Saturday, which the government described as a car park but which Reuters reporters said looked like a bunker.

* China has warned Britain over plans to send military officers to advise Libyan rebels struggling against Gaddafi's forces, saying that Beijing opposes any steps that go beyond the mandate of a UN resolution.

* NATO took command of Western military operations in Libya on March 31 and has about 200 aircraft at its disposal. It says its aircraft have conducted a total of 3,438, of which 1,432 have been strike sorties. NATO defines strike sorties as missions intended to identify and engage targets, but which do not always involve the use of munitions. Western military operations began on March 19.

* NATO conducted 138 sorties on Friday, including 59 strike missions. It said targets included:

- Two command and control bunkers in Tripoli.

- Three tanks, one bunker, one early warning radar and one surface to air radar in the vicinity of Misrata.

- Two tanks, two bunkers, buildings in the vicinity of Zintan.

- Three ammunition storage bunkers in the vicinity of Mizdah.

- One tank, one armoured vehicle in the vicinity of Ras Lanuf.

* A total of 18 NATO vessels have been patrolling the Mediterranean to enforce a UN-mandated arms embargo. On Friday, 47 vessels were hailed to determine destination and cargo. One vessel was boarded.

* A total of 571 vessels have been hailed and 14 have been boarded since the beginning of arms embargo operations. Five ships have been diverted.

* Of the 28 NATO states, only France, Britain, the United States, Belgium, Canada, Norway and Denmark have been conducting air strikes. Others have contributed aircraft and ships to support operations, enforce a no-fly zone and an arms embargo.

  • 04.23.2011 12:07 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE304

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

Captured Gaddafi soldiers in Misurata are telling the Rebels that they were ordered two days ago to withdraw from Misurata, but to prolong it as much as possible and to booby trap buildings and bodies during the retreat.

[Edited on 04.23.2011 12:21 PM PDT]

  • 04.23.2011 12:21 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

updated links in OP

  • 04.23.2011 12:23 PM PDT

so Misrata has officially made it threw the longest siege of the 21st century. this is the best news all week.

watch Misrata become a beach head for a Rebel push on Tripoli. thats depending on how the Rebel Negotiations with the Local Tribes go...

  • 04.23.2011 2:06 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

The Rebels in Misurata have broken the seige on the eastern and western sides and have secured the western quarter of the city from Gaddafi Troops. While fighting continues in the western suburbs, the rebels have circumvented the reamining Gaddafi troops and have opend a potential path for land based supply lines if the Ajdabiyan rebels can retake Brega this weekend as they mount a major offensive tomorrow.

On the western side of Misurata Loyalist forces are making a fighting retreat leaving the city in the direction of Tripoli, giving up ground to the rebels slowly, but surely.

  • 04.23.2011 2:24 PM PDT

Posted by: Phoenix1330
The Rebels in Misurata have broken the seige on the eastern and western sides and have secured the western quarter of the city from Gaddafi Troops. While fighting continues in the western suburbs, the rebels have circumvented the reamining Gaddafi troops and have opend a potential path for land based supply lines if the Ajdabiyan rebels can retake Brega this weekend as they mount a major offensive tomorrow.

On the western side of Misurata Loyalist forces are making a fighting retreat leaving the city in the direction of Tripoli, giving up ground to the rebels slowly, but surely.


hopefully the are coordinating with NATO on that Offensive

  • 04.23.2011 2:28 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

Gaddafi says they are pulling out loyalist troops to let the Tribal groups in the area take up the attack on the Rebels, however these people have been just as oppressed by Gaddafi as the Rebels. The Rebels also are entering negotiations with the Tribal leaders in the area.

  • 04.23.2011 2:28 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE308

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.


Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Phoenix1330
The Rebels in Misurata have broken the seige on the eastern and western sides and have secured the western quarter of the city from Gaddafi Troops. While fighting continues in the western suburbs, the rebels have circumvented the reamining Gaddafi troops and have opend a potential path for land based supply lines if the Ajdabiyan rebels can retake Brega this weekend as they mount a major offensive tomorrow.

On the western side of Misurata Loyalist forces are making a fighting retreat leaving the city in the direction of Tripoli, giving up ground to the rebels slowly, but surely.


hopefully the are coordinating with NATO on that Offensive
apparently they've been using the last few days of quiet to build up and plan for a proper assault on the town.

it also sounds like they are moving tomorrow as NATO planes destroyed 24 Gaddafi vehicles in Brega today.

[Edited on 04.23.2011 2:32 PM PDT]

  • 04.23.2011 2:30 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE304

Posted by: Phoenix1330

Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Phoenix1330
The Rebels in Misurata have broken the seige on the eastern and western sides and have secured the western quarter of the city from Gaddafi Troops. While fighting continues in the western suburbs, the rebels have circumvented the reamining Gaddafi troops and have opend a potential path for land based supply lines if the Ajdabiyan rebels can retake Brega this weekend as they mount a major offensive tomorrow.

On the western side of Misurata Loyalist forces are making a fighting retreat leaving the city in the direction of Tripoli, giving up ground to the rebels slowly, but surely.


hopefully the are coordinating with NATO on that Offensive
apparently they've been using the last few days of quiet to build up and plan for a proper assault on the town.


well they should be able to deal with Loyalist tanks on their own now

  • 04.23.2011 2:32 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE308

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.


Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Phoenix1330

Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Phoenix1330
The Rebels in Misurata have broken the seige on the eastern and western sides and have secured the western quarter of the city from Gaddafi Troops. While fighting continues in the western suburbs, the rebels have circumvented the reamining Gaddafi troops and have opend a potential path for land based supply lines if the Ajdabiyan rebels can retake Brega this weekend as they mount a major offensive tomorrow.

On the western side of Misurata Loyalist forces are making a fighting retreat leaving the city in the direction of Tripoli, giving up ground to the rebels slowly, but surely.


hopefully the are coordinating with NATO on that Offensive
apparently they've been using the last few days of quiet to build up and plan for a proper assault on the town.


well they should be able to deal with Loyalist tanks on their own now
it also sounds like they are moving tomorrow as NATO planes destroyed 24 Gaddafi vehicles in Brega today

apparently it was 2 Canadian CF-18s that did the deed

[Edited on 04.23.2011 2:34 PM PDT]

  • 04.23.2011 2:32 PM PDT

Yemen's president has agreed to step down Source

atleast 112 people were killed yesterday in Syria

[Edited on 04.23.2011 2:56 PM PDT]

  • 04.23.2011 2:55 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

adding that to the OP, he agreed to step down under the condition of imunity for him and his entire regime.

  • 04.23.2011 2:58 PM PDT

Well I guess they see fighting for the rebels and protecting the people as a very thin line.

  • 04.23.2011 3:47 PM PDT

so Yemen is Four, so what was the other one? or is Libya counted on that list to?

  • 04.23.2011 3:51 PM PDT

Yemen's president has yet to sign the agreement so it's not official yet.

  • 04.23.2011 4:27 PM PDT

Posted by: Dynex811
Yemen's president has yet to sign the agreement so it's not official yet.


oh he will... he will.

he really has no other choice anyway, and i'm sure he doesn't want an armed rebellion like in Libya.

  • 04.23.2011 4:28 PM PDT

Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Dynex811
Yemen's president has yet to sign the agreement so it's not official yet.


oh he will... he will.

he really has no other choice anyway, and i'm sure he doesn't want an armed rebellion like in Libya.

Him and the rest of the world.

  • 04.23.2011 4:30 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.


Posted by: Mereel N7
so Yemen is Four, so what was the other one? or is Libya counted on that list to?
Cote d'ivoire, Yemen, Tunisia, and Egypt.

I suppose Cote d'Ivoire wasn't so much a revolution or forcing a dictator to comply with democratic reform

  • 04.23.2011 6:33 PM PDT
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/world/middleeast/24iran.htm l

Looks like there is some tension between Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei.

  • 04.23.2011 6:56 PM PDT
Subject: Libya NO FLY ZONE and pending ATTACK on BENGHAZI UPDATE 4

Why are China warning us?

  • 04.23.2011 6:58 PM PDT