New York / Kuala Lumpur (Writing / AP) .- The Libyan diplomats at the United Nations and other countries have broken their ties with the country's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, and called on the international community to stop the massacre against AGEs. Security forces have cracked down heavily Gaddafi protests calling for an end 41 years of his regime.
The fighting erupted in the oil-rich east of the country last week, but have spread to the capital, Tripoli. The regime's repression has caused at least 500 deaths, more than three thousand injured and a thousand missing, according to various humanitarian organizations. Human rights groups speak of at least 233 deaths, according to advance the Reuters news agency picked up by Europa Press.
Former Libyan Ambassador Ali al Essawi India, who resigned to protest the harsh repression of the protests, has called on the international powers to help people who were being massacred by mercenaries and airstrikes, according to their statements. "The Libyans can do nothing against the fighters.
Do not ask for international troops, but we ask the international community to save the Libyans," the former ambassador. "I make a request to the permanent members of the Security Council (UN). Now is the time to be fair and honest to protect the Libyan people," he said. In addition, Essawi said several members of the military have deserted since they could not "see foreigners killed in Libya." The Security Council United Nations has scheduled a meeting Tuesday that it plans to hold at 15:00, Spanish time, to discuss the situation in Libya, at the request of Ibrahim Dabbashi, the 'number two' at the Libyan Embassy UN withdrew its support to Qaddafi, describing it as "tyrant." The Libyan Embassy in Malaysia has also condemned the crackdown, calling it "brutal and criminal" after the building was briefly occupied by about 200 protesters.
This group destroyed a portrait of Qaddafi and Libya's flag replaced by another who said it was in the pre-Qaddafi. There was no confrontation and 200 people left the embassy peacefully. "We can not express how angry we are. The Libyans have said 'no' and they replied with blood," reported one of the protesters in Kuala Lumpur, Marwa Mastor.
Usama Ahmed, counselor of the Embassy, said the ambassador would remain in his position to help the 5,000 Libyans living in Malaysia. Libya's ambassador in the United States also withdrew its support for the leader of his country, but has not resigned. In a statement released Monday, the Libyan mission to the UN called for "the officers and soldiers of the Army of Libya, where they are and whatever their rank (...) to organize and march to Tripoli to cut the head the snake.
" They also asked the UN to impose an area that restricts flights over the Libyan cities to prevent them from reaching new mercenaries and arms shipments. 
The fighting erupted in the oil-rich east of the country last week, but have spread to the capital, Tripoli. The regime's repression has caused at least 500 deaths, more than three thousand injured and a thousand missing, according to various humanitarian organizations. Human rights groups speak of at least 233 deaths, according to advance the Reuters news agency picked up by Europa Press.
Former Libyan Ambassador Ali al Essawi India, who resigned to protest the harsh repression of the protests, has called on the international powers to help people who were being massacred by mercenaries and airstrikes, according to their statements. "The Libyans can do nothing against the fighters.
Do not ask for international troops, but we ask the international community to save the Libyans," the former ambassador. "I make a request to the permanent members of the Security Council (UN). Now is the time to be fair and honest to protect the Libyan people," he said. In addition, Essawi said several members of the military have deserted since they could not "see foreigners killed in Libya." The Security Council United Nations has scheduled a meeting Tuesday that it plans to hold at 15:00, Spanish time, to discuss the situation in Libya, at the request of Ibrahim Dabbashi, the 'number two' at the Libyan Embassy UN withdrew its support to Qaddafi, describing it as "tyrant." The Libyan Embassy in Malaysia has also condemned the crackdown, calling it "brutal and criminal" after the building was briefly occupied by about 200 protesters.
This group destroyed a portrait of Qaddafi and Libya's flag replaced by another who said it was in the pre-Qaddafi. There was no confrontation and 200 people left the embassy peacefully. "We can not express how angry we are. The Libyans have said 'no' and they replied with blood," reported one of the protesters in Kuala Lumpur, Marwa Mastor.
Usama Ahmed, counselor of the Embassy, said the ambassador would remain in his position to help the 5,000 Libyans living in Malaysia. Libya's ambassador in the United States also withdrew its support for the leader of his country, but has not resigned. In a statement released Monday, the Libyan mission to the UN called for "the officers and soldiers of the Army of Libya, where they are and whatever their rank (...) to organize and march to Tripoli to cut the head the snake.
" They also asked the UN to impose an area that restricts flights over the Libyan cities to prevent them from reaching new mercenaries and arms shipments.
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