You are in the the 113th Child Diary of the Liveblog of the 2011 uprisings throught North Africa and the Middle East. We stand with our international friends and their courageous struggle for dignity, self-determination and human rights.
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LIBYA: Journalists are blocked from Libya, so all reporting is from people involved. With most communications disrupted, it is very difficult to verify stories. But, we're reading/hearing things such as doctors being executed by Gaddafi's people and a massacre in Benghazi where security officers invited people into an enclosed area saying they supported the protests, but then shot them all when they had them trapped. It sounds like some towns on the Eastern border may now be under the control of the protesters. All around the country, protesters are waiting for people in Tripoli to come out in profound numbers. Without that, they fear the worst.
In 'Midst of a massacre':Libya Death Toll Climbs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
Student in Tripoli reports on the differences between east and west:
The attitude in Tripoli contrasts starkly with that in the Easy. Many people in Tripoli do not believe that what is happening in the East is real, they either attribute it to the 'propaganda' of al-Jazeera (against which have been directed several slogans) or say that Egyptians and Tunisians have infiltrated the country, that 'real Libyans' wouldn't do such things. Historically, the two regions have not been great friends, and now whatever tension there was recently has been sharpening into open hate and disgust towards Eastern Libyans. Some people refer to them as 'Zionists and Israelis'.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/...
Libyans are calling for humanitarian aide
samches 1:47am via TweetDeck
RT @SabzBrach: RT @Libyan4life: We request all doctors who wish to volunteer in #Libya to contact detailswmclibya@gmail.com thanks #humanrights
They are also schooling each other on safety tactics for gatherings:
Kawachi_Maru 1:47am via webRT @Tripolitanian: People please, if you see protests in #Tripoli, don't tell anyone where they are until they are big enough, so police can't stop them #Libya
Anonymous comes out in support of Libyan protesters:
Anonymous is willing to bring its help to the brave people of Libya. Anonymous declares by this statement its engagement with them in the common goal. We, the people, will not remain silent while dictators fire upon their citizens. We, the people, will not remain inactive while the powerful crush peaceful claims with violence.
Read the whole letter. It's awesome. Right out of superhero comic books.
More regional tidbits after the fold....
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