Libyan popular defense committee members chats in front an anti-aircraft missile at an abandoned Libyan military base near Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday Feb.23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader.
A camera man records anti-aircraft missiles at an abandoned Libyan military base near Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday Feb.23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader.
A Libyan popular defence committee member, holds his AK-47 as he flashes V sign in front an anti-aircraft missile at an abandoned Libyan military base near Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday, Feb.23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader.
Libyan army soldiers and other protesters stand over an army van shouting slogans against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration, in Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader. The writting in Arabic read “Libya, youth revolution “
Libyan protetsers protest against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader.
Gaddafi orders bombing oil pipelines
Reports say Gaddafi has reportedly ordered security forces to bomb oil pipelines to disrupt crude supplies to the Mediterranean countries.
A source close to the Gaddafi regime says Libya’s embattled ruler has ordered security services to start sabotaging oil facilities, Time Magazine reported.
The forces loyal to Gaddafi will start by blowing up several oil pipelines, cutting off the flow to the Mediterranean ports, he added.
Meanwhile, shipping groups have announced that all Libyan ports and terminals are temporarily closed due to the ongoing violence.
Many top Libyan officials, including Interior Minister Abdul Fattah Younis, have quit Gaddafi’s government.
In the meantime, protesters have overrun the eastern province of Cyrenaica, despite a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy rallies. Soldiers in the coastal town of Tobruk have said that Gaddafi’s forces have lost control of the region.
This comes after Tripoli’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN said Gaddafi’s statements have served as a signal to his supporters to engage in genocide against the Libyan people.
Gaddafi has rejected calls to step down, threatening instead to crush the popular revolution. The government has even used air raids to suppress the demonstrations.
Some 1,400 people have been killed by Libyan security forces in bomb attacks against pro-democracy demonstrators in the North African country, reports say.
Senjata Berat Digunakan Untuk Berdepan Dengan Kebangkitan Rakyat
‘Heavy arms used in Libya crackdown’
Fresh footage of the Libyan regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters has confirmed reports of the military’s use of heavy weaponry against civilians.
Images, taken at a hospital in the eastern city of Benghazi, show severely wounded and dead protesters. This comes as more than 1,000 Libyans have so far been killed during the military airstrikes in the capital Tripoli.
Reports suggest that the victims could have been killed by fighter jets and helicopter gun-ships.
“It’s not entirely clear how these men were killed, it could have been by fighter jets, it could have been by helicopter gunships, it could have been by mortar, it could have been by heavy machine guns,” AFP quoted Martin Fletcher, an editor with The Times newspaper as saying on Wednesday.
The newspaper says it has obtained shocking footage of corpses with bodies blasted off and severed torsos in the Libyan hospital.
“One thing is abundantly clear, they were not killed by tear gas or by batons or by methods of suppressing peaceful protests that are generally considered the outer limits of what is acceptable,” Fletcher added.
Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, who swept to power 42 years ago in a bloodless military coup, delivered a televised address on Tuesday in which he vowed to fight on to his “last drop of blood” and urged his supporters to take to the streets to confront the pro-democracy protesters.
Meanwhile, Libyan Interior Minister Abdel Fatah Yunes has announced his plan to resign and called on the military to join forces with the people against Gaddafi.
Rakyat libya terpaksa mengangkat senjata kerana berketuakan seorang pemimpin Diktator yang Gila.. Rakyat keluar ke jalan raya,tunjuk perasaan secara aman,membantah dasar pemerintahan yang kurop , tetapi malangnya rakyat yang tidak bersenjata pada awalnya diserang macam berada di medan perang… semua peralatan tentera digunakan untuk membunuh rakyat yang menentang pemerintahannya… Patutlah rakyatnya mengelarkan Diktator Gaddafi sebagai seorang Gila… Memang kerja orang gila sahaja yang sanggup melakukan pembunuhan sedemikian rupa…Gaddafi memang pemimpin yang gila
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