7:30 AM A video from Zintan from youtube user MeddiTV.
7:30 AM Another video from Albeida from youtube user MeddiTV.
7:15 AM Al Jazeera announces a live blog for Libya. It so far contains two entries, neither newsworthy.
7:15 AM Protesters in Albeida shout „Gaddafi you dictator! The turn has come for you, the turn has come for you!“ Translation from LibyaFeb17.
7:15 AM Benghazi eyewitness account on Al Jazeera translated on LibyaFeb17. The eyewiness says there is no Libyan government presence for negotiation, they brought thugs to Benghazi from outside but they all fled from the protesters. Snipers are positioned atop buildings in all parts of the city with the primary aim to kill the Libyan youth. [Men with what appear to be rifles on top of buildings can be seen in the video below.] While I speak to you now there is a heavy exchange of fire. Our demand is one and that is to topple the regime! Removing Mu’ammar Al Gaddafi! Removing him and his children! We want to change the regime! We are fed up! We have become tired, that’s it, we’ve had enough as the Arabs say! Too much has happened. 1200 murdered in the prison of Abu Sleem, 500 HIV infected children in Benghazi. Full translation at LibyaFeb17.
4:02 AM: Al Jazeera reports that the names of the two people killed in Al-Beida were Khaled ElNaji Khanfar and Ahmad Shoushaniya. They say at least 38 other people were injured in Al-Beida.
3:40 AM: Protesters burn Gadaffi pictures and a building in Al-Beida
1:10 AM: „CONFIRMED: Demonstrations in #Benghazi on Gamel AbduNasr St., over 5000 demonstrators“ via @EnoughGaddafi
1:10 AM: „CONFIRMED: Demonstrations in #Derna, chantin „Ya sa7afa, waynkum waynkum“ „Media! Where are you? Where are you?“ via @EnoughGaddafi
1:10 AM: „Gunfire in the street Amr ibn al-Aas in #Benghazi“ via @DJMeddi
1:10 AM: „CONFIRMED: Helicopters used to shoot demonstrators in #Bayda, 3 CONFIRMED dead“ via @EnoughGaddafi
1:10 AM: „CONFIRMED: Demonstrations in #Benghazi on Gamel AbduNasr St., security forces using teargas & water cannons on protestors “ via @EnoughGaddafi
12:30 AM: „UPDATE: 2 protesters are confirmed dead after being shot by police east of #Benghazi and several #Libyans have been wounded.“ via @Jnoubiyeh
12:30 AM: „URGENT: Shots fired in downtown Benghazi killing at least 1 person“ via @SumayyahG
WEDNESDAY, February 16
„can we rely on our army like #Tunisia and #Egypt? I very much doubt it“ | „Confirmed, at least 800 soldiers are now in #Benghazi from #Tripoli, same old #gaddafi mixing the country so no relations“ | „Revolutionary guard are usually well paid and have a relatively good standard of living, and will die for #gaddafi“ via @bintlibya
Troops raided the home of rights advocate Fathi Tarbel and took him away for questioning, causing protests in Benghazi which lasted until around 4 a.m. Wednesday.Atlanta Jouurnal-Constitution
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi ochestrated the released of 110 members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group leaving only 30 members of the group in prison.
Protesters chanted: „No God but Allah. Moammar is the enemy of Allah,“ and „Down, down to corruption and to the corrupt.“
Police and security fired rubber bullets water and hot cannons. A video showed people running away from gunfire while shots are heard. A young man in a white, bloodstained robe was seen being carried by protesters.
A Libyan security official said 14 people, including 10 policemen, were injured.
In Zentan hundreds marched through the streets and set fire to security headquarters and a police station, then set up tents in the heart of the town.
In Beyida hundreds set fire to police stations while chanting, „people want the ouster of the regime“.
Protesters chanted, „The people want the ouster of the regime.“
Security forces in Beyida have rounded up a many activists in the run up to the February 17 protest date.
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