current events on Libya's unrest.

Live Blog - Libya Feb 22 | Al Jazeera Blogs


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at 6pm Muammar Gaddafi gave a speech on Libyan State Television:
In his defiant speech, Gaddafi said he will "cleanse Libya house by house" if protesters did not surrender.
"will not leave Libya and will die a martyr. He criticised 'Arab media', saying it painted an insulting picture of Libyans."
" "when they are prosecuted they will be begging for mercy".

at 7.12pm: Gaddafi's speech finally finished. He gets his hand kissed by a loyalist and waves to what appears to be about half a dozen senior officers still listening. State TV now showing thousands of people cheering...

Libya gets suspended , from the Arab League

0.43pm: Disturbances rocking Libya have killed 300 people, including 58 soldiers, according to figures provided at the venue of a press conference to be given by Gaddafi's son, the AFP news agency reports.

10.00pm: Gaddafi spoke to Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi via telephone, telling him that Libya is fine and the truth about events in the country are being shown on state media. he's delluisonal


10.30pm: After growing unrest and violent crackdowns in Libya, a group of hackers has launched a way navigate the censors and route information to those affected in the north African nation. Red more here

10.39pm: Saif Gaddafi gives a press conference in Tripoli.

John Kerry, a US politician, called the Libyan government's use of force "beyond dispicable". He called on Barack Obama to reconsider sanctions against Libya, and hops these were Gaddafi's last hours in power. also urges international community must send a message to Gaddafi that his "cowardly actions will have consequences".


DISGUSTING Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, says he has telephoned Muammar Gaddafi to express his solidarity with the embattled leader.

Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan minister of interior and army general is "Gaddafi's No.2" and he resigned.
he was interviewed on Al Arabiya. Here's a rough translation of some of his comments, provided by @SultanAlQassemi:

"the Libyan people have suffered too long. We have so much oil, the people could have lived as in a 5 star hotel.

Al Arabiya asks him: What happened? "There was a crowd of people outside my office, I was with my cousin. A bullet then went next to my right cheek, it hit my cousin who is in a very bad case now.Gaddafi, that dirty man, wanted to say that I was killed by protesters so that my tribe, the Obeidat, will stand by him."

The King of King's speech... Check out this analysis of Gaddafi's speech by Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior policy analyst. a chilling warning from Gaddafi as he reads from his copy of the Green Book.

Defiant Gaddafi vows to fight on - Africa - Al Jazeera English