Strategy! - Libya Edition

[Blaze]

Gadhafi son toured US in weeks before uprising

By DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer – Fri Mar 25, 7:56 pm ET
WASHINGTON – A son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi toured U.S. ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on rebels protesting his father's authoritarian regime.

Khamis Gadhafi, 27, spent four weeks in the U.S. as part of an internship with AECOM, a global infrastructure company with deep business interests in Libya, according to Paul Gennaro, AECOM's Senior Vice President for Global Communications. The trip was to include visits to the Port of Houston, Air Force Academy, National War College and West Point, Gennaro said.

The West Point visit was canceled on Feb. 17, when the trip was cut short and Gadhafi returned to Libya, Gennaro said. The uprising there began with a series of protests on Feb. 15.

By late February, forces controlled by Khamis Gadhafi were leading the brutal assault to retake Zawiya, a city near Tripoli that rebels captured soon after the uprising began.

Gennaro said the U.S. State Department approved of the trip, and considered Gadhafi a reformer. He said the government signed off on the itinerary, at times offering advice that affected the company's plans for Gadhafi.

State department officials denied any role in planning, advising or paying for the trip.

"We did greet him at the airport. That is standard courtesy for the son of the leader of a country," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner.

Toner said the government was aware of Gadhafi's itinerary, but "did not sign off on it."

AECOM was not paid to arrange the trip, and did not pay for related expenses, Gennaro said. He said the trip was arranged at the request of a Libyan, whom he declined to name.

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Khamis Gadhafi was killed earlier this week after a disaffected Libyan air force pilot who crash-landed his jet in the ruling family's headquarters, according to unconfirmed reports cited by ABC News and Al-Arabiya television. He died from burn injuries after the crash, the reports said.

[Blaze]

Libyan rebels regain key city after airstrikes

By RYAN LUCAS and BEN HUBBARD, Associated Press – 1 hr 22 mins ago
AJDABIYA, Libya – Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya

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In a western city the opposition lost to Gadhafi, a resident said security agents had lists of rebel sympathizers and were dragging them from their homes.

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Drivers honked in celebration and flew the tricolor rebel flag. Others in the city fired their guns into the air and danced on burned-out tanks that littered the road. Inside a building that had served as makeshift barracks for pro-Gadhafi forces, hastily discarded uniforms were piled on the floor. ???

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Saif Sadawi, a 20-year-old rebel fighter with an RPG in his hands, said the city's eastern gate fell late Friday and the western gate fell at dawn Saturday after airstrikes on both locations.

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On Saturday, rebels in Ajdabiya hauled away a captured rocket launcher and a dozen boxes of anti-aircraft ammunition, adding to their limited firepower.


I venture anti-aircraft ammunition can be used against tanks!

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On Friday, the U.S. commander in charge of the overall international mission, Army Gen. Carter Ham, told The Associated Press, "We could easily destroy all the regime forces that are in Ajdabiya," but the city itself would be destroyed in the process. "We'd be killing the very people that we're charged with protecting."
Instead, the focus was on disrupting the communications and supply lines that allow Gadhafi's forces to keep fighting in Ajdabiya and other urban areas like Misrata, Ham said in a telephone interview from his U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.


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"They have lists of demonstrators and videos and so on and they are seeking them out. We are all staying home and waiting for this to be over," said the resident, who did not want to be named because he feared for his safety if discovered. He said a friend who helped coordinate checkpoints when the opposition held the city was taken away Friday. -_-

[Blaze]

Iman Al-Obeidi - a martyr

Iman Al-Obeidi showed no fear when sacrificing herself to expose the depraved nature of Gadafi's associates, supporters, and troops.

Iman Al-Obeidi might not be alive to tell her ordeal again. And if she does live through, she will be a changed soul. God willing, if she does live she will bear her scars to her soul with mercy and nobility.

May the Angels brush Iman Al-Obeidi's path and only the best of Jinns be her friend. ~Amen~

The woman, from Benghazi, was threatened by minders as she spoke

[Blaze]

A shocking scene occurred in Tripoli on Saturday when a gun was pointed at Sky News after a woman tried to tell foreign journalists about being raped and tortured by Libyan officials.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/sky-news-video/Video/201103415960664?lpos=video_Article_Body_Copy_Region_0&lid=VIDEO_15960664_sky-news-video

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A visibly very distressed woman burst into the breakfast room of the hotel where we are staying and attempted to speak out about an ordeal at the hands of Gaddafi supporters.

As correspondents here in Tripoli under the supervision of the Libyan government, we are not allowed to move around freely.

However, it has become apparent to those in the city that there are a clutch of journalists in two hotels.

We were having breakfast in our hotel when the woman broke in and said she'd been picked up at a checkpoint in the city.


The woman was gagged by hand and taken away by minders


She claimed she had been held for two days, and that she had been raped and tortured.
The woman showed marks on her body which she said she had received as a result of beatings by the people who were holding her, Gaddafi supporters.

She showed marks on her legs and on her wrists, which she suggested came from handcuffs.
In a state of great distress, she said she had suffered this beating because she was from Benghazi, the city where the uprising began in the east of the country.

Hers is not the voice they want heard in this country - in the commotion a gun was pointed towards the Sky News team in an attempt to stop them filming
Sky News foreign correspondent Lisa Holland

As journalists tried to speak to her, things got out of control and the police minders waded in, trying to physically shut her up and stop her talking.

Hers is not the voice they want heard in this country. In the commotion a gun was pointed towards the Sky News team in an attempt to stop them filming.

A team from another news organisation had their camera smashed in front of them.


The woman, from Benghazi, was threatened by minders as she spoke

After about 15 minutes the woman was dragged outside the hotel and put into a waiting car.

As I tried to get in the way, a minder put his hand over the woman's mouth to stop her talking.

She was driven away at speed and we have no idea where she was taken. Her story could not be immediately verified, but the scene provided glimpse of the atmosphere in the city.

Government officials initially said they knew nothing about this woman, although another official later added the woman's mental health would be assessed.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Sky-News-Sees-A-Woman-Bundled-Away-By-Minders-From-Tripoli-Hotel-After-Allegedly-Being-Raped/Article/201103415960663?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15960663_Sky_News_Sees_A_Woman_Bundled_Away_By_Minders_From_Tripoli_Hotel_After_Allegedly_Being_Raped

[Blaze]

AP Photo - A Ministry of Information official, right, grabs Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked. Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. Left and top right are foreign journalists .



AP Photo - A Ministry of Information official, left, tries to grab Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked. Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. Center is an unidentified foreign journalist .



AP Photo - A Ministry of Information official, left, yells at the press to stop filming as he grabs Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody, in Tripoli Saturday March 26, 2011, after storming into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. A scuffle between hotel employees, information ministry officials and plain clothed police trying to grab her and stop the press for filming on one side and foreign media representatives followed. Two cameras were smashed on the ground and at least one reporter was beaten and kicked. Al-Obeidi was later taken in a car to an undisclosed location. Left and top right are unidentified foreign journalists .





Libyan claims rape by soldiers, is dragged away
By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI - Associated Press

A distraught Libyan woman stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her, setting off a brawl when hotel staff and government minders tried to detained her.

Iman al-Obeidi was tackled by waitresses and government minders as she sat telling her story to journalists after she rushed into the restaurant at the Rixos hotel where a number of foreign journalists were eating breakfast.

She claimed loudly that troops had detained her a checkpoint, tied her up, abused her, then led her away to be gang raped.

Her story could not be independently verified, but the dramatic scene provided a rare firsthand glimpse of the brutal crackdown on public dissent by Moammar Gadhafi's regime as the Libyan leader fights a rebellion against his rule that began last month.

The regime has been keeping up a drumbeat of propaganda in the Tripoli-centered west of the country under its control even as it faces a weeklong international air campaign against the Libyan military.

Before she was dragged out of the hotel, al-Obeidi managed to tell journalists that she was detained by a number of troops who were drinking whiskey. She said a number of others who she said remained in custody. She said she was detained on Wednesday but didn't tell how she escaped this morning. She said she was raped by 15 men.

"They defecated and urinated on me and tied me up," she said, her face streaming with tears. "They violated my honor, look at what the Gadhafi militiamen did to me."

The woman, who appeared in her 30's, wore a black robe and orange scarf around her neck and identified herself. She had scratches on her face and she pulled up her black robe to reveal a bloodied thigh.

The Associated Press only identifies rape victims who volunteer their names.

"As soon as I leave here they will take me right to jail," she yelled at the journalists.
As she spoke, a hotel waitress brandished a butter knife and called her a traitor while another waitress covered al-Obeidi's head with a coat to keep her from talking.

"We're supposed to be all Libyans, we are all brothers, but this is what the Gadhafi militia men did to me," al-Obeidi cried to the hotel staff as she struggled with them and the government minders.
Journalists who tried to intervene to protect the woman were pushed out of the way by the minders. A British television reporter was punched in the face, and CNN's camera was smashed on the ground and ripped to pieces by the government minders.

"Look at what happens - Gadhafi's militiamen kidnap women at gunpoint, and rape them ... they rape them," al-Obeidi screamed before government minders pushed her into a car and drove her away.
At a hastily arranged press conference after the incident, government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said investigators had told him the woman was drunk and possibly mentally challenged.
"We have to find her family and see if she was really abused or not," he said.

Gadhafi's crackdown has been the region's most violent against the wave of anti-government protests sweeping the Middle East. Tensions have been rising between foreign reporters in the Libyan capital and the government minders who have sought to tightly control what they see and whom they talk to. Most of the international press corps is being housed at the Rixos hotel.


Read more: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/03/26/...#ixzz1HjC9nmCn

[Blaze]

Iman Al-Obeidi showed no fear when sacrificing herself to expose the depraved nature of Gadafi's associates, supporters, and troops.

Iman Al-Obeidi might not be alive to tell her ordeal again. And if she does live through, she will be a changed soul. God willing, if she does live she will bear her scars to her soul with mercy and nobility.

May the Angels brush Iman Al-Obeidi's path and only the best of Jinns be her friend. ~Amen~

EDIT: Change, "no fear" to "bravery"

[Blaze]

Journalists who tried to intervene to protect the woman were pushed out of the way by the minders. A British television reporter was punched in the face, and CNN’s camera was smashed on the ground and ripped to pieces by the government minders.

“Look at what happens — Gadhafi’s militiamen kidnap women at gunpoint, and rape them … they rape them,” al-Obeidi screamed before government minders pushed her into a car and drove her away.

[Blaze]

Before she was dragged out of the hotel, al-Obeidi managed to tell journalists that she was detained by a number of troops who were drinking whiskey. She said a number of others who she said remained in custody. She said she was detained on Wednesday but didn't tell how she escaped this morning. She said she was raped by 15 men.

"They defecated and urinated on me and tied me up," she said, her face streaming with tears. "They violated my honor, look at what the Gadhafi militiamen did to me."

The woman, who appeared in her 30's, wore a black robe and orange scarf around her neck and identified herself. She had scratches on her face and she pulled up her black robe to reveal a bloodied thigh.

The Associated Press only identifies rape victims who volunteer their names.

"As soon as I leave here they will take me right to jail," she yelled at the journalists.

As she spoke, a hotel waitress brandished a butter knife and called her a traitor while another waitress covered al-Obeidi's head with a coat to keep her from talking.

[Blaze]

[Blaze]

Yemen president nearing transition deal: minister

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said he hopes for a deal on a transition of power in Yemen on Saturday, and that the time frame of a transfer of power by President Ali Abdullah Saleh could be negotiated.
"I hope it will be today, before tomorrow," Qirbi, who is serving as caretaker foreign minister, told Reuters, adding that a deal would be based on an offer by the president to step down by year-end after elections and a new constitution.
"President Saleh is willing to look at all possibilities, as long as there are really serious commitments by the JMP (opposition) to come and initiate a serious dialogue between them and the ruling party."
Saleh said on Friday he was ready to cede power to stop more bloodshed in Yemen, but only to what he called "safe hands" after weeks of street demonstrations demanding his immediate ouster.

[Blaze]

Dear,

In 1994, Hutu state radio played a massive role in the Rwandan genocide, inciting violence and giving direction on how and where to kill Tutsis.

Right now in Libya, Gaddafi is using state television much the same way. As a weapon. On his three state-run stations, supporters are urged to hunt the opposition “alley by alley, house by house, room by room.” It's been reported that state programming is used to send coded instructions to loyalists and hired mercenaries.

It's not too late to shut down Libyan state television and save the lives of innocent civilians. But we must act quickly.

Here's how we can help: Libya uses four international satellite providers (ArabSat, EutelSat, AsiaSat, and NileSat) to broadcast. If these companies drop Libyan state television, the propaganda will stop.

Please sign the petition started by Change.org member Carol Hillson demanding that these satellite companies stop broadcasting Gaddafi's incitements to violence.

Satellite providers like these four companies aren't typically involved in the world of activism. It’s possible that they’ve never been petitioned before.

That's why we believe a global outcry for them to cease their broadcasts in Libya could work. And the faster we can produce such an outcry, the more lives we can potentially save.

Please ask CEOs Amin Basyouni, Michel de Rosen, William Wade, and Khalid Balkheyour -- four men who have the power to save countless civilians -- to stop broadcasting Libyan state television:

http://www.change.org/petitions/shut-down-gaddafi-state-tv?alert_id=VGNJeZvfMV_lLXCMZvKUD&me=aa

We’ve won dozens of victories in the past few weeks, but none would save so many lives as this. Please add your name, then forward this email to friends and family.


- Weldon and the Change.org team
OVERVIEW
URGE NILESAT TO STOP BROADCASTING STATE TV INSIDE LIBYA!

The Gaddafi Regime has lost its legitimacy by orchestrating ongoing campaigns of violence and murder on Libyan people. Estimates of the death toll vary. According to Wikipedia it may be upwards of 6,000 while the Interim Government places it at over 8000. Yet State Run TV continues to broadcast and be used by the regime to incite violence against innocent Libyan civilians. Gaddafi has banned all media broadcasts inside Libya except for his 3 channels. They all rely on Nilesat satellites to broadcast.

Tell Nilesat to shut down Gaddafi TV!

UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and sanctions have been enacted with strong support from the international community. The sanctions include cutting off assets to the regime, travel bans and penalties on companies starting new business in the country. Despite the sanctions Gaddafi continues to terrorize and murder civilians. Recently a no fly zone was put into place by the UNSC to protect the people from violent attacks by the Gaddafi regime and a likely massacre against the million people living in Benghazi. The no fly zone was enacted at the urging of the Arab League and the Libyan people themselves.

Despite these measures by the international community Nilesat and other corporations continue to provide a platform for the Gaddafi's regime to spread its terror propaganda to the Libyans citizens and people around the world. Furthermore, there have been reports from Libya that coded messages have been disseminated to Gaddafi’s mercenaries and security forces via Al-Jamahirya satellite TV channel. Please tell these corporate service providers to stop broadcasting all of the Gaddafi regime’s satellite channels immediately. Tell them to stand with the international community and do their part to protect the Libyan people.

Sign the petition and then share it widely with your friends.

http://www.change.org/petitions/shut-down-gaddafi-state-tv#?opt_new=f&opt_fb=f

PETITIONING
ArabSat(AOC ArabSat)
EutelSat Communications(Investors Dept)
AsiaSat(AS Marketing AsiaSat)
AsiaSat(SCC AsiaSat)
NileSat(Marketing Dept. NileSat)
ArabSat(Saad ArabSat)
NileSat CTO(Salah Hamza)
NileSat contact
NileSat CEO(Amin Bassiouni)
Admin ArabSat
NileSat Bookings
ArabSat Marketing
NileSat contact
NileSat contact
Vanessa O’Connor
Frédérique Gautier
Winnie Pang
HQ AsiaSat
Control Centre
William Wade
Michel de Rosen
Khalid Balkheyou
Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary(Skylogic S.r.L.)
Eutelsat(Sales & Reservations Centre)
ANIS TECHNOLOGY CENTER


10,000th signer — Ghita Johnson from N.O., LA · 18 minutes ago
9,000th signer — Nola Steele from Little Ferry, NJ · about 1 hour ago
8,000th signer — jo southard from sacramento, CA · about 1 hour ago
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[Blaze]

Yemeni militants seize control of weapons factory

By AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press – 13 mins ago
SANAA, Yemen – Islamic militants seized control of a weapons factory, a strategic mountain and a nearby town in the southern Yemen province of Abyan Sunday, said a witness and security officials, as a political stalemate in the capital causes security to unravel around the country.
The fragile nation has been rocked by weeks of mass protests against the long-serving president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who refuses to step down.
Saleh's fate is of deep concern to the U.S. as he is a key ally in the fight against al-Qaida, but with his attention on massive anti-government protests in the capital, security has declined in the provinces.
Residents of the southern Abyan province said police reduced their presence in towns weeks ago. Elsewhere, residents have pushed out police and soldiers and set up their own local militias for self defense.
In the areas they took over, the militants set up checkpoints around the small factory and in the town of al-Husn, patrolling the streets and searching cars, said resident Wahib Abdul-Qader.
They also seized control of a nearby Khanfar mountain that holds a radio station and a presidential guest house, said Ali Dahmash, an expert on Islamic militant groups who lives nearby.
Residents in the nearby town of Jaar, which was seized by the militants on Saturday, said they heard gunfire, but the scope of the battle wasn't immediately clear.
The area lies close to the southern port town of Aden.

Saleh says he wants 'respectful' exit
March 28, 2011
SANAA: Facing intensifying pressure to leave office, the Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has told the al-Arabiya television network he is prepared to step down ''with respect'', even within hours.

But Mr Saleh's intentions remain unclear, with Yemen's official news agency, Saba, reporting that a presidential source had denied the President would step down.


Female anti-government protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2011. The US White House urged governments in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain to cease attacks on peaceful protesters.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


A Yemeni girl holds up a placard that reads in Arabic: 'The people want to break the system' during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2011. The White House urged governments in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain to cease attacks on protesters Friday, while saying the violence against protesters in those countries have not risen to the same level as in Libya, where U.S. forces are engaged in military action to stop violence perpetrated by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


A masked Yemeni girl takes part in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2011. The White House urged governments in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain to cease attacks on protesters Friday, while saying the violence against protesters in those countries have not risen to the same level as in Libya, where Western forces are engaged in military action to stop violence perpetrated by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


An elderly anti-government protestor reacts during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2011. The White House urged governments in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain to cease attacks on protesters Friday, while saying the violence against protesters in those countries have not risen to the same level as in Libya, where Western.forces are engaged in military action to stop violence perpetrated by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)


A Yemeni girl, center, looks on during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2011. The White House urged governments in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain to cease attacks on protesters Friday, while saying the violence against protesters in those countries have not risen to the same level as in Libya, where U.S. forces are engaged in military action to stop violence perpetrated by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


Anti-government protestors react during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2011. The White House urged governments in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain to cease attacks on protesters Friday, while saying the violence against protesters in those countries have not risen to the same level as in Libya, where U.S. forces are engaged in military action to stop violence perpetrated by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

[ELVIS]

That propagandist bitch wasn't raped...

[Blaze]

That propagandist bitch wasn't raped...

That is really the least of the worries concerning her at the moment, person who has chosen Elvis as a name and symbol.
The concern is where is she, person who has chosen Elvis as a name and symbol.

Current location

As of 27 March 2011, the location of Iman al-Obeidi is unknown.


Revision history of Iman al-Obeidi

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iman_al-Obeidi&action=history

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After international journalists repeatedly demanded to see al-Obeidi and challenged Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim on the issue at a press-conference, Kaim replied that the incident was under investigation and added, "We will let you know."[6] Later in the evening of March 26, Kaim said in a conversation with Sky News and to Nic Robertson of CNN[10] that five men, including the son of a high-ranking Libyan police officer, had been arrested as part of the criminal investigation of the alleged rape. He added that Iman al-Obeidi was held at the headquarters of Libyan National Intelligence and that she was "safe",[6] "doing well",[6] would be provided with legal aid and the media would be able to interview her in the coming days.[6][8][10] He also acknowledged that the security staff had "mishandled" the incident in the restaurant and that they should not have drawn any weapons.[8]


Source 6:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/26/libya.beaten.woman/

"If you don't see me tomorrow, than that's it," she yelled.
The journalists believed al-Obeidy's life to be in danger, and several of them demanded to see her. At a news conference later, they challenged Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim on what they had experienced.
Kaim told them that authorities were investigating the incident. "We will let you know," he said.
Later, a government spokesman said al-Obeidy was "safe" and "doing well." He said her case was a criminal one -- not political -- and that she has been offered legal aid. Officials later said the woman was sane and would bring criminal charges against her attackers. Journalists would be able to see her, they added.

Source 8:

Does not mention: the media would be able to interview her in the coming days

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Sky-News-Sees-A-Woman-Bundled-Away-By-Minders-From-Tripoli-Hotel-After-Allegedly-Being-Raped/Article/201103415960663?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15960663_Sky_News_Sees_A_Woman_Bundled_Away_By_Minders_From_Tripoli_Hotel_After_Allegedly_Being_Raped

Source 10:
Does not mention a conversation.
Moreover why would a NL news source be used and not CNN

22.15 am: "al-Obeidi safe '
Eman al-Obeidi is safe and sound. A spokesperson from the Libyan government said on CNN's Nic Robertson, as twittering it. She is being held at the headquarters of National Intelligence Libya. Her case was "criminal" and not "political", the government spokesman. There are four or five men suspected of possible abuse and rape of women. The spokesman also said that some journalists within a few days with her can talk.

Meanwhile, there is a twitter opened, no doubt by someone other than al-Obeidi itself. The New York Times has an extensive article about al-Obeidi.

http://nos.nl/artikel/228524-conflict-in-libie-26-maart.html

And there is no extensive article that the NL paper is propagating.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/world/middleeast/27tripoli.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

[Blaze]

And when you review the user doing the changes... redflags pop.


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And for just over a year. The male has worked double time to establish himself with superfluous awards