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Benghazi; Libyans in Rebellion Mood in the Spirit of Omar Mukhtar

Candid observations on Libya and world revolution.

(UGANDA) - To some of us, the revolution that is spreading like a bushfire in North Africa and elsewhere in the Arab world including the Horn of Africa might have lost its appeal as a juicy news.

Yet,to people who always maintain a sense of history, the uprisings that sparked off in Tunisia and got transmitted to Egypt after rubbing some of its flame on Algeria before it crossed to the Arabian land in Yemen and Bahrain only to be back again to rock the establishment in Libya, remain an interesting phenomenon to be scrutinized.

Turning Against Mu`ammar Gaddafi of Libya

Nureddin Sabir recounts a painful journey of hope, disappointment, betrayal, blood and murder that has seen him turn from loyal supporter to vehement opponent of Colonel Mu’ammar Gaddafi and his regime in Libya.

(LONDON) - From Zintan in the west of Libya to Benghazi, Al-Bayda, Derna and Tobruk in the east, Libyans have been rising up against the rule of Colonel Mu’ammar Gaddafi since a “Day of Rage”.

We Libyans have come a long way since that fateful day in 1969, when Gaddafi and a group of 12 young officers seized power from King Idris Sanusi in a bloodless coup.

Traipsing Through The Media Muddied Waters of Revolution

In a fashion very reminiscent of how the Israeli Occupying Forces behaved during Cast Lead, ambulances and EMT's, Red Crescent and other human rights representatives were not allowed to enter areas where wounded were located.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - As revolution spreads in the middle east, so do casualties. As of this writing, confirmation of over 300 dead and hundreds more injured primarily in Tripoli and Benghazi.

It has also been confirmed that a small number of Libyan Security forces have defected in support of the people (Update: Unconfirmed claim that 150 defecting military killed by loyal troops).

Congratulations Gaddafi

Some questions are hard to answer...

(ISTANBUL) - Nearly 25 years ago, U.S. air strikes on Libya killed 41 people in Tripoli and Benghazi, including the adopted daughter of Muammar Gaddafi, in what Noam Chomsky has referred to as the “major single terrorist act” of 1986.

In 2009, Gaddafi himself posed the question: "What’s the difference between the U.S. airstrikes on our homes and [Osama] bin Laden’s actions?”

Is Qaddafi`s Libya Next?

The Libyan grievances are similar to those in Tunisia and Egypt.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Demonstrations led to the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia.

The Abu Salim Massacre: Cables on Libya`s Continued Impunity for 1996 Killings

Wondering how this all came about? The Libyan people are done with corruption.

(LOS ANGELES) - Two days ahead of calls to protest the Gaddafi regime in a “Day of Rage” on February 17, members of the Committee of the Families of the Victims of the Abu Salim Massacre came out to protest.

Libyan attorney and human rights activist Fathi Terbil, who represents families that had family members massacred in mass prison killings that took place at the Abu Salim prison in 1996, was arrested. Terbil’s arrest led to an eruption of protests ahead of the planned “Day of Rage”.

DRAMATIC VIDEO Gaza Activists Taken to Sea Against Their Will Now Held at Gunpoint in Greece

"We may be going to jail according to one of the officials onboard the ship. In the meantime we remain confined" - Ken O'Keefe

(SALEM, Ore.) - Stories are circulating the world about the Gaza convoy activists who were taken captive aboard a Greek freighter that had been chartered to transport the Convoy from Derna Port in Libya.

A statement from the group reads, "Ten of us are being held ...at gunpoint by a...... Greek SWAT team, in a small room 8x8ft. We have been told if we move we will be shot..."

Kidnapped Aid Workers Speak of Continuing Ordeal Aboard Absconding Greek Ship

(DERNA PORT) - 10 aid workers have made their first contact by mobile phone text messages to family and friends.

They have spoken at length about their ordeal onboard "Strofades IV" Greek-owned ship, registered in Malta.

British Aid Workers Held on Ship in Libyan Sea

Seven UK aid workers, who were planning to take aid to Gaza, are among a group believed to be being held captive on a ship in the Libyan sea.

(DERNA HARBOUT, Libya BBC) - The Strofades IV was taken out of Derna Harbour after volunteers on the Road to Hope convey had a dispute with the Greek captain over a payment.

Tauqir Sharif from Walthamstow and Kieran Turner from Liverpool are on-board.

10 Aid Workers Held Hostage on Greek Owned Ship

Two of the individuals are survivors of the Mavi Marmara incident last May; the situation arose from ship owner argument with agent.

(DERNA PORT, Libya) - "Strofades IV" has broken its moorings, without port permission, and is heading out of Derna Harbour. The rear door of the ship is half closed, with convoy vehicle B7 stuck on it precariously. It is extremely dangerous.

The violent Greek owner who is also its captain of "Strofades IV" has just disembarked (as at 22.50 GMT) through a side door of the ship, onto a speed boat.