84 killed in Libya protests - rights group

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84 killed in Libya protests - rights group

Cairo - A New York-based human rights organisation estimates that 84 people have died after three days of anti-government protests in Libya.

Libyan security forces have been waging an escalated crackdown on the wave of anti-government protests concentrated in the impoverished east of the country.

In a statement late on Friday, Human Rights Watch based its estimate on interviews with hospital staff and witnesses.

Arbor Networks, a Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based security company, also reported that internet traffic in the North African country abruptly ended at about midnight GMT on Saturday.

Protesters are calling for the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi, the ruler for the last 42 years.

Police have responded to the protests with live ammunition, according to witnesses and medical officials.

- AP

Gadaffi faces challenge to four decades of rule

Libya's veteran ruler, Moammar Gadaffi, faces one of his severest challenges amid protests by thousands in the second city of Benghazi and reports that more than 40 people have been killed by security forces.

The demonstrations on Friday against his four decades in power were unprecedented with Amnesty International saying 46 people had been killed in a three-day police crackdown.

Any new funerals of dead protesters would likely act as further flashpoints for demonstrators emboldened by uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt that toppled long-ruling presidents.

While the unrest has not previously been seen before in the oil exporter, Libya-watchers say the situation is different from Egypt, because Gadaffi has oil cash to smooth over social problems. Gadaffi is also respected in much of the country, though less so in the Cyrenaica region around Benghazi.

"For sure there is no national uprising," said Noman Benotman, a former opposition Libyan Islamist who is based in Britain but is currently in Tripoli.

"I don't think Libya is comparable to Egypt or Tunisia. Gadaffi would fight to the very last moment," he said by telephone from the Libyan capital.

Tight government control and media restrictions have limited the amount of information emerging about the unrest.

Qatar-based news channel Al-Jazeera said its signal was being jammed on several frequencies and its website had been blocked in Libya.

Amnesty quoted sources at a hospital in Benghazi, the focus for the violence, as saying the most common injuries were gunshot wounds to the head, chest and neck. Officials have given no death toll, or commented directly on the unrest.

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Looks like Gadaffi might get dissolved himself, besides all these Dictators (Castro comes to mind) cannot overcome nature.

 

[Alan]

This is the bigtest. If one of the most closed fascist regimes on the planet can be overthrown then the Arab world is on the brink of something grand. There will be some very nervous tyrants in Syria and Iran.

 

[killadoob]

Syria and iran? What about the saudi's?

This is when shyte gets real, at some point they are going to start mass murdering people and it will happen in bahrain and gaddafi said to protest is suicide. Iran have already shown what happens when you try to protest.

Reports of saudi's sending gunships and troops to bahrain. Saudi's must be shytting along with israel and US.

Going to be an interesting month, i just hope the people of bahrain let the GP go ahead dammit!!!!!!!

 

[msmoorad]

i dont know if you guys realise this but all arab countries are governed/ruled by zionist puppet regimes. thats why the west & israel is not too happy with whats going on- they are afraid that they might not have control over the new regimes. at the moment they are working hard behind the scenes- to do damage control and try to get their people elected.
mubarak of egypt is their man but they are distancing themselves from him to appear to have the peoples best interests at heart-

 

[Alan]

*facepalm*

 

[Ronjay]

*facepalm*

For once I agree with ya.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

i dont know if you guys realise this but all arab countries are governed/ruled by zionist puppet regimes. thats why the west & israel is not too happy with whats going on- they are afraid that they might not have control over the new regimes. at the moment they are working hard behind the scenes- to do damage control and try to get their people elected.
mubarak of egypt is their man but they are distancing themselves from him to appear to have the peoples best interests at heart-

awww, did you get to that tinfoil hat sale after all .......

 

[VioAdmin]

i dont know if you guys realise this but all arab countries are governed/ruled by zionist puppet regimes. thats why the west & israel is not too happy with whats going on- they are afraid that they might not have control over the new regimes. at the moment they are working hard behind the scenes- to do damage control and try to get their people elected.
mubarak of egypt is their man but they are distancing themselves from him to appear to have the peoples best interests at heart-

+1 VERY true. The Europeans/Israels/Americans have been in control of these areas for decades and these new uprising are a big concern but I am sure they already have plan b,c and d ready to deploy if needed.

Down with their Government!

 

[Jase]

Moammar Gadaffi is a puppet ruler? That would explain why the yanks dropped all that unexploded ordinance back in 1986!

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

oh look, another one .... quickly, grab your cameras!

You guys really, really need to start living in the real world. Most arab countries wanna see Israel gone and call the USA the 'big satan' but you say that America and zionists control those countries ... wow

 

[Hein_JHB]

I am following the news about the protests on Aljazeera on Top TV

 

[killadoob]

oh look, another one .... quickly, grab your cameras!

You guys really, really need to start living in the real world. Most arab countries wanna see Israel gone and call the USA the 'big satan' but you say that America and zionists control those countries ... wow

Which arab countries want to see israel gone?

If the US were not buddies with these arab countries why have they not been invaded for democratic purposes like iraq? You need to open your eyes i reckon because those blinkers are doing you no good.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110211/wl_mideast_afp/iranrevolutionanniversary_20110211161707

Interesting times ahead, i cannot believe you think the US are not backing most of these regimes, the saudi's are going to be next and they are like bestest mates with the US.

The worst has yet to come, they want the US out of their business and they will die in their thousands for it.

 

[msmoorad]

Moammar Gadaffi is a puppet ruler? That would explain why the yanks dropped all that unexploded ordinance back in 1986!

its all about the oil. and keeping Israel safe from the arab populations around it. it would be easier to install puppet govts than to nuke them-
get this in your heads- arab lands are rich in oil-ghadaffi was not toeing the line but he was still a dictator to his people. now he is back in the zionists good books. Libya has now opened up to western oil & gas firms.

 

[msmoorad]

oh look, another one .... quickly, grab your cameras!

You guys really, really need to start living in the real world. Most arab countries wanna see Israel gone and call the USA the 'big satan' but you say that America and zionists control those countries ... wow

the people are 100% against US & Israel but the govts are all western puppets- otherwise you think they would not have attacked Israel-despite it having nuclear weapons?
these puppet regimes have been installed to control the muslim populations of these countries.
when i say that the people are against the US, i mean its against the govt and its supporters-not the ordinary citizens.
in have spent over a year living and travelling inthe US and i know that most people there are good. there are thousands of arabs there as well & they also say that they are more free to practice Islam in USA & other western countries than in their own homelands. how could that be possible?
the US govt is controlled by the Israeli lobby groups who bribe & threaten politicians with exposure of their dirty laundry if they dont toe the line.
the prime beneficiary of most of USA's military exploits in muslim lands is the illegitimate state of Israel.

 

[MidnightWizard]

Prols

If the US were not buddies with these arab countries why have they not been invaded for democratic purposes like iraq? You need to open your eyes i reckon because those blinkers are doing you no good.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110211/wl_mideast_afp/iranrevolutionanniversary_20110211161707

Interesting times ahead, i cannot believe you think the US are not backing most of these regimes, the saudi's are going to be next and they are like bestest mates with the US.

The worst has yet to come, they want the US out of their business and they will die in their thousands for it.

THAT is the American way -- BUY the dictators --stuff the povo who cares about them anyway.

Like I said before -- riots in Saudi-Arabia = Concord and Lexington

 

[msmoorad]

Which arab countries want to see israel gone?

If the US were not buddies with these arab countries why have they not been invaded for democratic purposes like iraq? You need to open your eyes i reckon because those blinkers are doing you no good.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110211/wl_mideast_afp/iranrevolutionanniversary_20110211161707

Interesting times ahead, i cannot believe you think the US are not backing most of these regimes, the saudi's are going to be next and they are like bestest mates with the US.

The worst has yet to come, they want the US out of their business and they will die in their thousands for it.

again you seem to think the puppet regimes of arab countries are reflective of the wishes & desires of their people.
they are zionist puppets-not real practicing muslims who put the needs of their people first. most are educated in the west and have been groomed for a long time to become obedient puppets. they even lead lives that are very liberal by your standards.
ive met many arabs and lots of them know very little about the basics of Islam- its almost like i was speaking to a non muslim- thats how repressive these regimes are- so when the people rise up- these guys get very scared- they know what they did & they know what they deserve.

 

[Ronjay]

again seem to think the puppet regimes of arab countries are reflective of the wishes & desires of their people.
they are zionist puppets-not real practicing muslims who put the needs of their people first. most are educated in the west and have been groomed for a long time to become obedient puppets. they even lead lives that are very liberal by your standards.
ive met many arabs and lots of them know very little about the basics of Islam- its almost like i was speaking to a non muslim- thats how repressive these regimes are- so when the people rise up- these guys get very scared- they know what they did & they know what they deserve.

BS, no one said the Arab countries are reflective of the wishes & desires of their people. Quite the opposite actually, we know they are dictatorships. Unless you think we are idiots and believe that people like to live under oppression. However, the only people to blame for this is the Arab people themselves, for not standing up to it. They are starting now, and I say good for them.

 

[marine1]

Bwahahahah @ msmoorad although at least he admits Arabs want Israel gone