Monday, February 21, 2011

LIBYA - demonstrations quelled

"Gaddafi faltering civil war in Libya," the Milan daily basis. For five days of protests broke out in Libya, Muammar Gaddafi has not made any official statement. February 20, one of his son, Saif al-Islam, spoke on television to raise the specter of civil war. He suggested a figure of 84 deaths while, according to Human Rights Watch, at least 233 people have died since the start of the crackdown.

In editorial, the Italian newspaper castigated a regime "discredited" and "dilapidated", able to order the snipers to open fire on the crowd, and even, according to witnesses, the use of anti-tank rockets against the demonstrators. Several cities, including Benghazi and Al-Baida (east), are the scene of heavy fighting, while the dispute goes to the capital, Tripoli.

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