The Tunisia Effect - Continuing Coverage of the Revolutions of 2011

[Karalysia]

Enough insults to the Stylish One and Revolutionary Leader of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya!

 

[aronnax]

The UAE and Qatar are doing something right...

Meanwhile, Benghazi is in full open revolt. From what the BBC news is telling me, the military has lost control of much of the city save a couple of areas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12516156

 

[NedimNapoleon]

I'm still waiting for the US to do something...invasion or something like that...

 

[amadeus]

I wonder if ol' Muammar is going to meet the same fate as Ceausescu.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

I hope he goes into exile in Montenegro, so he'll be close to me

 

[Newbunkle]

People on twitter are saying one of Gaddafi's houses has been burned in Az Zawiyah, along with a special forces HQ.

I notice Cameron has been pretty quiet on the events, yet he spoke up about the violence in Egypt. Couldn't have anything to do with sensitive oil deals I suppose...

 

[KMRblue1027]

Current status of Protests:

Spoiler :

Revolution
Governmental Changes
Major Protests
Minor Protests
Other Arab League Nations
Other Nations

Iran needs major protest color and from what I've heard Saudi Arabia hasn't had any yet that's why oil hasn't skyrocketed in price yet.

 

[warpus]

Iran needs major protest color

It probably doesn't have one on that map because it's from the wikipedia article on unrest in the arab world, which iran is not a part of.

 

[Incodcito]

I wonder if ol' Muammar is going to meet the same fate as Ceausescu.

We can only hope that happens sooner rather then later.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Here is a video about Benghazi protests in Libya.

Those people have a lot of COURAGE. I'm deeply moved by these images.


Link to video.

 

[Cheetah]

LIBYAN TROOPS DEFECT!

[...]

Members of a unit known as the "Thunderbolt" squad had come to the hospital carrying wounded comrades, he said. The soldiers said they had defected to the cause of the protesters and had fought and defeated Gaddafi's elite guards.

"They are now saying that they have overpowered the Praetorian Guard and that they have joined the people's revolt," another man at the hospital who heard the soldiers, lawyer Mohamed al-Mana, told Reuters by telephone.

[...]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/20/us-libya-protests-idUSTRE71G0A620110220

 

[Karalysia]

"They are now saying that they have overpowered the Praetorian Guard and that they have joined the people's revolt,"

This is the most awesome line I've seen in a news story in a while.

 

[Newbunkle]

Lets hope Gaddafi gets whats coming to him. He shouldn't get to retire like the others.

Edit: Twitter is going nuts over a speech by Saif Gaddafi. Apparently the protesters are on drugs, and there are no mercenaries involved whatsoever. Also, its a plot by about 10 different enemies of Libya and the media are in on it.

 

[Lillefix]

Libya's ambassador to China, Hussein Sadiq al Musrati, has just resigned on air with Al Jazeera Arabic. He called on the army to intervene, and has called all diplomatic staff to resign.

He made claims about a gunfight between Gaddafi's sons and also claimed that Gaddafi may have left Libya. Al Jazeera has no confirmation of these claims.

Sounds like wishful thinking, but it might be true soon.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya

 

[Karalysia]

Scanning Al Jazeera's headlines:

Reports of new protests in Iran
Security forces clashed with anti-government protesters and briefly detained the daughter of Iran's former president.

Libya clashes spread to Tripoli
Clashes between anti-government protesters and Gaddafi supporters escalate as army unit 'defects' in Benghazi.

Bahrain opposition demand reforms
Leaders call for political reform but protesters' demands differ after days of demonstrations in the capital, Manama.

Shots fired at Yemen demonstration
Leader of Yemen's separatist movement arrested in Aden amid countrywide protests against President Saleh.

Moroccans march to seek change
Demonstrators demand large-scale political and economic reforms in the North African kingdom

Wisconsin unions rally for rights
Republican governor accused of attacking rights of unions in US state.

Saif el Islam, Gaddafi's son speaking live on Libyan television.

 

[amadeus]

Updated:

Revolution
Governmental Changes
Major Protests
Minor Protests
Other Arab League Nations/Israel
Other Nations

 

[Newbunkle]

People on twitter say Saif Gaddafi said they will all die.

Edit: He says Libya will collapse into warring tribal states and the oil will stop flowing.

 

[Karalysia]

Who are they protesting in Somalia and Somalialand? The provisional government? Al Shabab?

 

[Abaddon]

Whats happened in Palestine?

 

[aronnax]

Link the revolution! Tunisia to Cairo!