Strategy! - Libya Edition

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The Civil Brigade attends to the very important task of order in chaos. Such tasks will help restore order quickly.








Good day care is hard to find even in war.
I say that jokingly.
However, by not placing children in centralized daycares their survival rates increase, by keeping children scattered the chances are lowered of a large loss of children at one time.

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Good to see water, traffic control, and peace officers.

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Market places and news gathering locations continue.

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Let us not forget war is occurring all around the order.

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Possibly 2 less tanks. Too bad tanks are a pain to refunction once disabled.

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Ah, the irony of commandeered air support.





Or is that the USA's pilot?

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Introducing the Council

The council derives it legitimacy from the decisions of local councils set up by the revolutionary people of Libya on the 17th of February. These local councils facilitated a mechanism to manage daily life in the liberated cities and villages. The council consists of thirty one members representing the various cities of Libya from the east to the west and from the north to the south. The aim of the Transitional National Council is to steer Libya during the interim period that will come after its complete liberation and the destruction of Gaddafi’s oppressive regime. It will guide the country to free elections and the establishment of a constitution for Libya.

The Council members representing Al Buntan, Al Gubbah and Benghazi have been named while the names of those representing Ajdabiya, Zintan, Misratah, Nalut and Ghat have not been disclosed due to security reasons. The council is awaiting the nomination of representatives from the central and southern regions as well as Tripoli.

The Council notes that it is the only legitimate body representing the people of Libya and the Libyan state and calls on all the countries of the world to recognise it and deal with it on the basis of international legitimacy. The Council also notes that it will honour and respect all international and regional agreements signed by the former Libyan government, emphasizing its aspirations in seeing Libya play a significant role in the establishing international peace and security.

The Council also stresses that the heads of envoys and Libya’s representatives in the UN, the Arab League and all international and regional organisations, and our embassies and diplomatic missions who have joined this revolution are the legitimate representatives of this Council in these places. We also request from those who have yet to transfer their affiliation with this Council to do so.

The Council will seek to maintain peace and security in the liberated cities with all its strength. It will also plan and work towards liberating the remaining cities still kidnapped by the tyrant Mu’ammar Gaddafi and his gang. Here, we call on all the people of Libya to participate in achieving these lofty goals through the commitment to the noble Libyan ethics and by prioritising our country before the self in the same way our ancestors did to liberate it from the Italian colonizers.

Long live Libya free and dignified.

http://ntclibya.org/english/about/

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The Libyan Republic
The Interim Transitional National Council

Decrees and Announcements

Links -
31 March 2011- Statement of TNC on Counter-Terrorism
29 March 2011- A vision of a democratic Libya
27 March 2011 – Statement regarding Eman Al-Obaidi New
25 March 2011– Statement about Treatment of Detainees and Prisoners New
22 March 2011 – Statement by TNC on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1973
21 March 2011 – Statement of Affirmation
19 March 2011 – Meetings Mintues & Outcomes
5 March 2011 – Founding statement of the Interim National Council

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Libyan woman who claimed rape is free


By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, Associated Press – 1 hr 10 mins ago
TRIPOLI, Libya – A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists that she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops says she is not in custody.
Iman al-Obeidi made headlines last week when she was dragged away from the hotel by government officials as she screamed her allegations of rape. A government official said she was a prostitute, but her family said she is a lawyer.
On Sunday she told a Libyan dissident network based in Qatar that she was examined by a doctor to prove the rape charge. She told CNN she was detained and beaten when she tried to reach reporters a second time.
A woman the government said was al-Obeidi's lawyer told The Associated Press Monday that her client was refusing to speak to reporters because her case was under investigation.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110404/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_woman_attacked

No one has seen her. There has been only a phone call to a person that would not recognize her voice.

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Volunteers flock to Libya rebel army boot camp

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Ashraf Mohamed Salem has never fired a gun in his life.

But the 27-year-old science student was one of several hundred eager volunteers who showed up at the Benghazi military barracks on Monday for a basic training course so he can join the rebel army facing Muammar Gaddafi's troops.

"We want to protect our families but we have no experience. I hope we will be good enough to go to the frontline but if not we will defend our homes," he told Reuters.

He said he had worked supplying food to the frontlines during the uprising against Gaddafi that broke out in mid-February but now he had decided to fight.

"I've never fired a gun before. That's why I'm here, to learn."

The rebel army is largely made up of young civilians and their fortunes have ebbed and flowed in the face of Gaddafi's better-armed and experienced troops.

The front line is now around Brega, about 230 km by road southwest of Benghazi.

Their lack of training and military experience has been a concern not only to the rebel leadership but also to the foreign governments which have backed them with air strikes but are reluctant to commit ground troops to help topple Gaddafi.

The rebel leadership is making a concerted effort to improve matters. In the past week, there have been signs that former army officers were asserting more control over the often anarchic scenes at the frontline.

The recruits training at the Benghazi barracks were under the instruction of former army officers who had joined the rebel side, most of them coming out of retirement.

Fosi Al-Hado, a former marine commander in a slouch hat and camouflage uniform, said there little time to teach them a lot.

"We are training them with the weapons we have," he said. "Kalashnikovs, rockets launchers, machine guns. These are the only weapons that are available. We want long distance weapons, heavy artillery, missiles, to give us the advantage."

The training lasts a week and mostly covers weapons. Tactics will have to wait until later, said Hado, who said he had fought in conflicts in Uganda, Chad and Lebanon.

The best recruits are sent to the front but other fighters are needed to defend the city and strategic locations.

He said all the instructors were Libyan. No foreign personnel could be seen on the parade ground when Reuters visited the camp.

"We have no foreigners," Hado said. "We are all Libyans."

U.S. and Egyptian soldiers have been reported to be training rebels in camps in east Libya but neither their governments nor the rebel leadership have confirmed this.

ALL CLEAR

Groups of recruits sat in circles on the parade ground around rocket launchers and cannon, listening intently to the instructors.

"This goes in this hole here. Is that clear?" said one instructor putting the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun back together.

"Yes," the recruits responded in a chorus.

Their numbers included students, doctors, businessmen and engineers as well as workers or unemployed people.

While Gaddafi is known for employing female bodyguards, there were no women fighters among the rebels, unlike in rebel armies in Nicaragua or Sri Lanka. They are assigned to other jobs in the revolutionary movement, an official said.

Hisham Mohamed, 32, a communication student, said he a personal reason for joining the fight.

"I've never had training before, never had a gun. I'm here because Gaddafi detained my brother. Since 1996. We don't know where he is or if he is still alive."

Because of this, he and his family were barred from getting government jobs, he said.

Commander Hado said it was likely to be a long and difficult fight.

"We have the will. We are fighting a professional army but we have God and right on our side. When Gaddafi goes, I'll go back to retirement."


By Angus MacSwan – Mon Apr 4, 9:40 am ET

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Britain not eyeing 'exit strategy' for Kadhafi

– Mon Apr 4, 9:23 am ET
LONDON (AFP) – Britain is not pursuing an exit strategy for Moamer Kadhafi, Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said on Monday as the Libyan leader's envoy toured capitals discussing a solution to the crisis.

Kadhafi's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Laabidi was to travel to Turkey and Malta on Monday.
He has already been in Athens, where "according to what the Libyan envoy said the regime seems to be looking for a solution," Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said.
Cameron's spokesman said the British government's position on Kadhafi was clear.

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A military plane from Jordan landed in Benghazi on Monday carrying medical supplies. Jordanian Col. Aqab Abu Abu Windi, who arrived on the plane, said it contained seven and one half tons of medical supplies to help the Libyan people and promised, "This plane is just the beginning."

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PM boost Libya jet numbers at Italian base

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GIOIA DEL COLLE, Italy (AFP) – Prime Minister David Cameron made a surprise visit Monday to the Italian base hosting British jets enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, and announced four more planes for the mission.

Flying into Gioia del Colle in southern Italy, he said Britain would be deploying four new Tornado jets "in the next couple of days" to boost the NATO-led mission to protect civilians from Moamer Kadhafi's forces.

"Which will mean we will have 10 Typhoons for the mission in terms of the no-fly zone and we'll have a total of 12 Tornado ground attack aircraft involved in operations," he told reporters travelling with him.

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Britain sends telecoms equipment to Libyan rebels
By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press – 1 hr 57 mins ago
LONDON – Britain announced Monday it will supply communications equipment to Libyan rebels to help them withstand attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

Foreign Secretary William Hague also told the House of Commons that the United Nations and the European Union may consider dropping sanctions against some members of Gadhafi's regime if they abandon their support for the Libyan dictator. It was unclear if the offer could extend to Gadhafi's family, many of whom face sanctions.

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"In the case of anyone currently sanctioned by the EU and U.N. who breaks definitively with the regime, we will discuss with our partners the merits of removing the restrictions that currently apply," Hague said. "Sanctions are designed to change behavior and it is therefore right that they are adjusted when new circumstances arise."

Hague told lawmakers that Britain had responded to a request for telecommunications equipment from rebel leaders in Libya following a new round of meetings in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. He said his own attempts to talk with the rebels had been hampered by their poor communications equipment.
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Italy rejects Gadhafi regime's diplomatic push

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and ALESSANDRA RIZZO, Associated Press – 28 mins ago
ISTANBUL – A diplomatic push by Moammar Gadhafi's regime ran into trouble Monday as opponents at home and abroad rejected any solution to the Libyan conflict that would involve one of his sons taking power.

While a Gadhafi envoy lobbied diplomats in European capitals, Italy became the third nation to declare that the rebels' interim council in Libya is the only legitimate voice for the people of the North African nation.

Italy is the third country, after France and Qatar, to give diplomatic recognition to the rebel council,

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Libya rebels dismiss deal with Kadhafi son
by Joseph Krauss – 41 mins ago
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) – Libyan rebels on Monday dismissed any possible peace deal which might see Moamer Kadhafi's son left in charge of the war-wracked country.

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Libya rebels reject transition under Kadhafi sons
by Joseph Krauss – 17 mins ago
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) – Libyan rebels insisted Monday that the whole Kadhafi family must leave before there can be any truce with regime forces amid reports that his sons are offering to oversee a transition.
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Libya crisis: Rebels in race to train recruits

By Wyre Davies
BBC News, Benghazi



Training sessions in Benghazi are sometimes carried out using outdated equipment

At a military base in Benghazi, rebel leaders are in a desperate race to train new recruits.

They learn how to assemble and dismantle a heavy machine gun. Half an hour on this, then on to another lesson - perhaps the mechanics of firing a mortar shell with accuracy or how to handle an AK47.

This is how Libya's rebel army is being trained.

As one group of young men sits attentively on the floor of the parade ground in Benghazi, an instructor shows them how to arm and fire a mortar shell.

Most of these men have never seen a mortar round before, fired a gun or been anywhere near the front line.

Men like Salam bin Fayed - an engineer by trade ...


Salam bin Fayed is nervous about moving to the front line

Read the rest of the story -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12954610

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Rebels load weapon on road to frontline
Rebels load a weapon on the road to the frontline in Brega April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fled east under heavy rocket fire from leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the oil town of Brega on Tuesday in a sixth day of fighting that has failed to give either side the upper hand. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libyan rebels salvage reusable parts
Libyan rebels salvage reusable parts of a machine gun mounted on the vehicle belonging to pro Gadhafi forces, that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega, Libya Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libya's rebel forces are looking more effective on the front and even scrapping back some of the territory lost to Moammar Gadhafi's army, but the rag tag fighters are still a long way from being able to march to Tripoli.


Rebel fighter scans
A rebel fighter scans for loyalist troop activity near the key old port of Brega. The Libyan government said Tuesday it was ready to negotiate reforms, but refused any talk of Moamer Kadhafi stepping down saying he was a unifying figure after ruling the nation for four decades. (AFP/Odd Andersen)


Moamer Kadhafi's forces
Moamer Kadhafi's forces have been targeted by air strikes since March 19 under a UN mandate to use "all necessary measures" to protect civilians, but the siege has still not been broken.


Rebels walk near their truck to frontline
Rebels walk near their truck on the road to the frontline in Brega April 5, 2011. A Western air strike destroyed two of Muammar Gaddafi's military vehicles in the east Libyan oil town of Brega on Tuesday allowing rebels to edge forward, but diplomatic efforts to end the war remained stalled. REUTERS/Youssef Boudl


Libyan rebel, defected from pro Gadhafi
A Libyan rebel, defected from pro Gadhafi forces, wears his medals along with a dagger and a hand grenade as he stands outside Brega, Libya, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libya's rebel forces are looking more effective on the front and even scrapping back some of the territory lost to Moammar Gadhafi's army, but the rag tag fighters are still a long way from being able to march to Tripoli. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)


Libyan rebel salvages live ammunition
A Libyan rebel salvages live ammunition from a vehicle belonging to pro Gadhafi forces that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega, Libya Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libya's rebel forces are looking more effective on the front and even scrapping back some of the territory lost to Moammar Gadhafi's army, but the rag tag fighters are still a long way from being able to march to Tripoli. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)


Rebels gesture from their trucks
Rebels gesture from their trucks to a passing vehicle carrying a multiple rocker launcher on the road to the frontline in Brega April 5, 2011. A Western air strike destroyed two of Muammar Gaddafi's military vehicles in the east Libyan oil town of Brega on Tuesday allowing rebels to edge forward, but diplomatic efforts to end the war remained stalled. REUTERS Youssef Boudl


Men unload fuel supplies for ambulance
Men unload fuel supplies for an ambulance from a truck outside Brega in eastern Libya April 5, 2011. A Western air strike destroyed two of Muammar Gaddafi's military vehicles in the east Libyan oil town of Brega on Tuesday allowing rebels to edge forward, but diplomatic efforts to end the war remained stalled. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal


Men carrying weapons pass truck loaded
Men carrying weapons in a truck pass another truck loaded with fuel supplies for ambulances and rebels' trucks outside Brega in eastern Libya April 5, 2011. A Western air strike destroyed two of Muammar Gaddafi's military vehicles in the east Libyan oil town of Brega on Tuesday allowing rebels to edge forward, but diplomatic efforts to end the war remained stalled. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal






Luis Moreno-Ocampo
International Criminal Court ( ICC ) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo checks his email after an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Hague April 5, 2011. The United Nations Security Council is responsible for any political decisions on Libya, the prosecutor said on Tuesday, underlining his role is limited to investigating crimes. To match Interview LIBYA-ICC/ REUTERS/Jerry Lampen


Luis Moreno-Ocampo
International Criminal Court ( ICC ) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo puts on his robe after an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Hague April 5, 2011. The United Nations Security Council is responsible for any political decisions on Libya, the prosecutor said on Tuesday, underlining his role is limited to investigating crimes. To match Interview LIBYA-ICC/ REUTERS/Jerry Lampen


Man hands weapon to near truck loaded
A man hands a weapon to another near a truck loaded with fuel supplies for the rebels outside Brega in eastern Libya April 5, 2011. Rebels have clashed with Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the east Libyan oil town of Brega for five days, rebel fighters said. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal


Libyan rebels run from artillery shells
Libyan rebels run for cover from artillery shells fired by forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi outside the eastern oil town of Brega on Tuesday. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)


Rebel fighters try
Rebel fighters try to salvage the machine gun mounted on the back of a burning government military vehicle which had been manned by loyalists to Muammar Gaddafi after it was hit by a NATO air strike on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. Rebels have clashed with Gaddafi's forces in the east Libyan oil town for five days, rebel fighters said. REUTERS/Andrew Winning




Rebel fighters attempt
Rebel fighters attempt to salvage a heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a burning vehicle used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi after it was hit by a NATO airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew


Rebel fighter prepares
A rebel fighter prepares to tow away a government vehicle mounted with heavy machine gun after it was hit by a NATO airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. An air strike destroyed two government military vehicles on Tuesday in the east Libyan oil town of Brega, where rebels have clashed with Muammar Gaddafi's forces for five days, rebel fighters said. REUTERS/Andrew Winning