Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 18 (or 20*), Part 1

#Feb17 Youth organizers invite Gaddafi's collaborators to stand under his umbrella ella ella ella ella ella http://bit.ly/faa34E

13:12 Al Jazeera – An eyewitness has just called from Misratah and stated the following:

From around an hour, Misratah started getting attacked from the western entrance. Local urging people to stay in their homes. Some tanks have entered into the main roads of Misratah and shelling heavily. They are trying one final attempt to reclaim the city.

Tanks and 3 to 4 armoured personnel carries have entered. Analysts say these tanks cannot stay because Misratah is completely liberated. The revolutionaries will attack these tanks in any way possible.

Revolutionaries are using ammunition sparingly, but the Gaddafi forces are firing left right and center with the aim of terrorising the residents.


http://www.libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaking-revolutionaries-attacked-at-bin-jawad/

OCHA, UNOSAT and NetHope have been collaborating with the Volunteer Technical Community (VTC) specifically CrisisMappers, Crisis Commons, Open Street Map, and the Google Crisis Response Team over the past week.

The CrisisMappers Standby Task Force has been undertaking a mapping of social media, news reports and official situation reports from within Libya and along the borders at the request of OCHA. The Task Force is also aiding in the collection and mapping of 3W information for the response. UNOSAT is kindly hosting the Common Operational Datasets to be used during the emergency. Interaction with these groups is being coordinated by OCHA’s Information Services Section.

The public version of this map does not include personal identifiers and does not include descriptions for the reports mapped. This restriction is for security reasons. All information included on this map is derived from information that is already publicly available online (see Sources tab).

Interactive map http://libyacrisismap.net/

12:25 AFP reports that 15 people have been injured in clashes at Bin Jawad this morning

Gadhafi supporters celebrate; sources say towns still in rebel control
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 6, 2011 5:17 a.m. EST


Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Throngs of demonstrators supporting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime celebrated in the streets of Tripoli on Sunday as the government proclaimed triumph in several cities.

But some of the cities where the government claimed it had made headway were still in opposition control, witnesses there said.

A government official said early-morning gunfire in Libya's capital were celebratory -- marking the army's victory in the city of Zawiya, near Tripoli, and its presence in the strategic oil town of Ras Lanuf. Pro-Gadhafi demonstrators said they were also celebrating the government's victory in the city of Misrata.

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On Sunday morning, Libyan state TV said the people in the Green Square were also celebrating the army gaining control of the eastern port city of Tobruk. "Morning victory, O people of Libya. Victory city of Tobruk from terrorist gangs," the station said.

However, witnesses in Ras Lanuf, Misrata and Tobruk said those towns were still under opposition control Sunday.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/06/libya.conflict/index.html?hpt=T1

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2 Lubna Olayan Olayan Financing Company Banking & Finance Saudi Arabia/Saudi Arabia
3 Salma Hareb JAFZA and EZW Construction & Industry UAE/UAE
4 Leila El Solh Alwaleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation, Lebanon Culture & Society Lebanon/Lebanon
5 Lama Al Sulaiman Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry Government Saudi Arabia/Saudi Arabia
6 Dalia Mogahed White House Office Culture & Society USA/Egypt
7 Fatima Al Jaber Al Jaber Group Construction & Industry UAE/UAE
8 Suad Al Humaidi Property Owners Union Construction & Industry Kuwait/Kuwait
9 Dr Amina Al Rostamani TECOM Business Parks Media UAE/UAE
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19 Maria Maalouf Media Lebanon/Lebanon
20 Dr Nahed Taher Gulf One Investment Bank Banking & Finance Bahrain/Saudi Arabia
21 Muna Abu Sulayman Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation Culture & Society Saudi Arabia/Saudi Arabia
22 Hafia Al Kaylani Arab International Women’s Forum Culture & Society UK/Palestine
23 Soha Nashaat Barclays Wealth Middle East Banking & Finance UAE/Egypt
24 Maryam Sharaf Dubai World Group Construction & Industry UAE/UAE
25 Raja Essa Saleh Al Gurg Essa Saleh Al Gurg Group Retail UAE/UAE
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32 Hala El Saiud Egyptian Banking Institute Banking & Finance Egypt/Egypt
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34 Mona Al Marri Brand Dubai Culture & Society UAE/UAE
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36 Professor Rafia Obaid Ghubash Arab Network for Women in Science Science & IT Bahrain/Bahrain
37 Zaha Hadid Construction & Industry UK/Iraq
38 Nashaw Al Ruwani Middle East Film Festival Culture & Society UAE/Egypt
39 Tamara Abdel Jaber Palma Science & IT Jordan/Jordan
40 Hiba Jamal MBC Media UAE/Saudi Arabia
41 Nezha Hayat Société Générale Marocaine de Banques Banking & Finance Morocco/Morocco
42 Raghida Dergham Al Hayat Media UK/Lebanon
43 Leila Abouzeid Media Morocco/Morocco
44 HH Sheikha Hessa Bint Saad Al Sabah Arab Business Women's Council Culture & Society Kuwait/Kuwait
45 Sonia Ziamni Algiers Medina Project Construction & Industry Algeria/Algeria
46 Wajeha Al Huweider Media Saudi Arabia/Saudi Arabia
47 Dr Basmah Mosleh Omair Al Sayedah Khadijah Businesswomen Centre Culture & Society Saudi Arabia/Saudi Arabia
48 Nadine Labaki Media Lebanon/Lebanon
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50 Noor Sweid Depa United Group Construction & Industry UAE/UAE
51 Mona Eltahawy Media USA/Egypt
52 Donna Sultan KEO International Consultants Construction & Industry Kuwait/Kuwait
53 Riham Fouad Al-Ghanim Kuwait Finance and Investment Co Banking & Finance Kuwait/Kuwait
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60 Fawzia Dorai Media Kuwait/Kuwait
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62 Mona Almoayyed YK Almoayyed & Sons Retail Bahrain/Bahrain
63 Nathalie Handal Culture & Society New York/Paris/Palestine
64 Najwa Al Qassim Al Arabiya Media UAE/Lebanon
65 Dr Maha ElShinnawy The American University in Cairo Culture & Society Egypt/Egypt
66 Lamiaa Fakhry YouGov Siraj Culture & Society Saudi Arabia /Egypt
67 Buthainia Al Ansari Qatariat Media Qatar/Qatar
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12:48 Reuters A revolutionary spokesman in Zawiya says revolutionaries are still in control of the town centre, as an attack by pro-Gaddafi forces has been pushed back.


12:48 Al Jazeera: Revolutionaries reject claims that Gaddafi forces have reoccupied Tobruk, Ras Lanuf, Misratah and Zawiyah

March 6, 2011 EXPLOSIVE VIDEO: The Taking of Nasr City State Security Building VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trSeVJ2BrAY

In the post-ideological age, Arab regimes go for image makeover
March 5, 2011Malik Al-AbdehL

Running an Arab dictatorship is not as easy as it used to be. There was a time when all you needed was to parrot something about Islamist extremism/oil contracts/immigration/peace with Israel, and Western leaders were happy to do business with you. The growing influence of the media however, has meant that dictators have to try that little bit harder.

The Guardian has uncovered the role played by global lobbying firm The Monitor Group in improving the image of the Gaddafi regime in the US. The campaign, believed to be worth $3m, focused on paying for top academic figures from leading American universities to travel to Tripoli for personal conversations with the Libyan dictator.

The revelation reflects a growing desire by Arab regimes to improve the way that they are perceived in the West. This didn’t matter very much in the past when realpolitik considerations reigned supreme. However, the end of Soviet patronage, the decline of Arab nationalist ideology in favour of democracy and human rights, and the need to attract foreign investment to keep the armies of young people in employment, has meant that regimes in the region have had to embrace the PR industry.


Happy families: The Assads are obsessed by image

Improving a regime’s image abroad is as much about maintaining control at home. A state visit to a European capital, a well-placed article in a respected newspaper, or a well-timed photo-op creates the impression that the cherished leader is “backed by the West.” This disheartens the opposition, which assumes that the dictator and the West are in cahoots. The focus, as always, is on renewing sources of legitimacy, thereby consolidating the regime’s power over it’s people.

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http://syriaintransition.com/2011/03/05/in-the-post-ideological-age-arab-regime-go-for-image-makeover/

“In Tripoli, there is no problem” – nurse from Serbia


From Serbian daily “Kurir”

TRIPOLI / Kikinda - She does not think to come back. In Tripoli she feels safe!
KIKINĐANKA Erzsébet Jovičin (51), who works for nine years as a midwife at the clinic for the national oil companies in Tripoli “11 June”, now is not thinking about returning to Serbia. With her husband, Slobodan (51) she talks each day on the phone.

She transmits the atmosphere from the Libyan capital, where, he says, everyday life does not significantly differ from the pre-crisis:

- In Tripoli, there is no problem. The shops, though there are fewer goods than usual. On the streets I saw no violence, and normally I drive the streets and boulevards. I was more scared when in 1999. at the NATO missiles struck Kikinda than at any time during the crisis in Libya. I do not feel threatened because medical staff live in buildings that are located within the complex where the clinic is treating employees who work for the company and their relatives – says phone Erzsébet.

The clinic has about 1,000 employees. Than 700 nurses, most of the Philippines, but the patients at the service of Ukrainian, Bulgarian and a dozen nationals of Serbia.
Her husband says: If I could, I would go tomorrow to Libya
- Foreigners with secondary education in Libya, earning more than the local population with the same degree. Since I am unemployed, if someone offers me a decent job, I would without thinking because it is a rich country. Libyans are very direct and communicative, especially when talking with people from Serbia. Mostly speak French and Italian – says her husband, who is a member of Kikinda branch of Mensa and swimming judges.

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http://libyarevolt.wordpress.com/