9:03 am We just spotted this seven-minute video, allegedly of fighting in the streets of Tripoli on Sunday night after the speech by Saif Gaddafi, the leader's son. The description says that youths who tried to burn a picture of Muammar Gaddafi near Green or Martyrs' Square were dispersed by gunfire, and you can certainly hear extremely heavy firing in the clip.

Thousands of protesters reportedly took the square on Sunday night before being confronted by Gaddafi supporters and armed troops; some witnesses on the ground say hundreds were killed in the ensuing violence. In the clip, you can hear the men yelling repeatedly "There is no God but God" and "God is great" to encourage themselves:

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

"Everyone makes mistakes... we all have the right to forgiveness"

To be fair, the extract is undated. Probably not from the past couple of weeks.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}

RT @arwaCNN: After our last live broadcast, #Bahrain Min. of Information called & said we're not allowed to live broadcast #CNN

1. At border: Suitcases piled high on roofs of cars, one man who fled fighting in tripoli, said situation "very bad, very bad" #Libya #Libia 4 minutes ago via web
2. #Tunisians set up soup kitchen at border serving bread and meat for Libyans fleeing country. #Libya #Libia 5 minutes ago via web
3. #Tunisian military ramping up security at border over concerns about instability in #Libya. #Libia 10 minutes ago via web
4. Hundreds of young men hauling bags, families, fleeing Libya, arriving in Tunisian border town by bus, truck, car and taxi #Libya #Libia

1. Knowing Qaddhafi, this could go on for hours. It's like he's carrying on a spirited debate with the voices in his head, live on TV #Libya about 1 hour ago via web
2. Qaddhafi ranting and raving on #Libya state TV right now. Basically proving to everybody that yes he is completely batshit crazy

Gaddafi: "I will cleanse Libya house by house if protesters don't surrender." - AJE

1. Maltese military monitoring Libyan naval vessel in waters off Malta.- AJE about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
2. Libyan naval vessel in waters off island of Malta. - AJE #libya

7.27pm: Following Gaddafi's speech, online reports of gunfire being heard throughout Tripoli.

#BREAKING Arab League suspends participation of #Libya's delegations #Feb17

1824: Ceasefire Magazine tweets: "Gaddafi has achieved the impossible: he made Mubarak look dignified and Ben Ali look like a genius #Gaddafi #17Feb #Libya

New #Libya ambassador to India has taken office, denies "blood baths" on al-Arabeya

Eyewitness in #Tripoli tells BBC: heavy shooting now in more than 4 major areas of city, including parts or the city centre

Al Hurra: Husni Mubarak is in the Saudi town of Tabuk & is suffering from Pancreatic Cancer

Anita McNaught, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Istanbul, says, contrary to earlier agency reports, some Turkish flights were able to land in Tripoli and evacuate some Turkish citizens.  So far, 2,141 Turks have been airlifted home - though more than 23,000 remain stuck in Libya.

Watching Qadhafi give his speech I'm relieved to see that somebody has more public relations problems than I do right now. Al Jazeera is juxtaposing his speech with footage of Libyan's opposing him in Benghazi. This is similar to what Jazeera did in Egypt, when it went from Mubarak speaking to the reaction of Egyptians in Tahrir Square, or from Umar Suleiman speaking to those demonstrators.

 

Its hard to imagine the revolutions sweeping the Middle East happening without al Jazeera. Yes Tunisians started their revolution, taking the first steps, and it took Jazeera a couple of weeks before it focused on Tunisia. But once its started and Jazeera was on its war footing it could connect activists and demonstrators from around the country, it could disseminate information to other parts of country. Now middle class people in Tunisia who were told by their parents not to get involved in politics could learn about what was happening elsewhere and feel that somebody else was also expressing their grievances, or other grievances, and it was ok for them to express them too.

The regime continues to increase it's military capability by hiring and transporting mercenaries into the country.  

The rest of the country, including the borders of Tunisia and Egypt, are free.  Although military units led by regime loyalists, commanded by Gadaffi's sons, remain in the countryside.  The military value of these units is unknown; their logistic situation is likely poor.  

Benghazi is completely under control of the revolutionaries and reported to be calm.  Regime supporters are conducting a mis-information campaign claiming violence is still on-going.  Benghazi airport was closed yesterday due to the fact there was no air traffic controllers.  

The oil fields in the southeast of Libya, along the Egyptian border, seem to be shut-down with the workers on strike and the international operators, e.g., BP, evacuating - or attempting to evacuate - their people.

I didn't see Gadaffi's speech.  From the reactions I'm reading/hearing it was an 'Own Goal.'  At least some government leaders, e.g., Merkel, have awoken to the fact Gadaffi is a sociopathic murdering scum.  Any actions (= "doing something real") based on that realization have yet to be announced.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

Saw police station in Tobruk main square. Was torched. Other buildings sacked. Banks other installations untouched

Reports that army battalion in Misurata has joined the demonstrators; chants & celebrations heard.

Yesterday there were reports of the city being under attack by aircraft and tanks.  

Misurata is the third largest city in Libya and the most prosperous, it is located 210 km to the east of Tripoli.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

Khamis al-Qadhafi's 32nd Brigade is one of the main regime protection forces. The 'Khamis Brigade' is considered by U.S. diplomats as the most capable of defending the regime.

Considering two days ago they were attacking Benghazi this pull-back to Tripoli district, bypassing Misurata, indicates concentration of forces in an attempt to hold Tripoli.  

Bad news, indeed, for the revolutionaries in Tripoli.

Good news for the rest of Libya as it indicates the regime has suffered a major military defeat and is no longer capable of military action in the rest of the country.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

BREAKING: Leaders of the Wurfla, Libya's largest tribe, issues a war declaration and states its men have "organized a convey of Anger and launched towards Tripoli" to liberate it.

Smart of them to do it now.  The Libyan Air Force does not have the capability to conduct operations at night.  

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

Reports of Libyan naval forces bombarding Benghazi.

There's NO POINT to this.  Slime-assed fuckers committing murder out of hate and spite.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

Reports of "hundreds" of Tunisian youths joining armed resistance in Libya

Mercenaries appear in Azzawiya, west of Tripoli; citizens on alert.

Baer, a former ME CIA officer, said the source told him that as of Monday Gaddafi had the loyalty of only about 5000" soldiers

We deduced regime support was thin yesterday (IIRC) and that's why the mercs.

(Score one for ET.)

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

olijaan @faisalislam spoken to Brits in Tripoli hotel: 10,000 at airport so air evac unlikely. pro-Gadafi people now in the hotel. gunfire outside

Libyan army deploys in 'large numbers' in Sabratah, west of Tripoli, after protesters destroy government buldings - Reuters

More on TIME report: Gadhafi orders destruction of several oil pipelines, cutting off flow to sea ports - TIME http://ti.me/gNG0mn

There are widespread reports that Muammar Gaddafi has unleashed numerous foreign mercenaries on his people, in a desperate gamble to crush dissent and quell the current uprising.

Their origins vary according to speculation: Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Mali, Sudan and possibly even Asia and eastern Europe.

The claims are hard to pin down but persistent. Ali al-Essawi, the Libyan ambassador to India, who resigned in the wake of the crackdown, told Reuters on Tuesday: "They are from Africa, and speak French and other languages."

He said their presence had prompted some army troops to switch sides to the opposition. "They are Libyans and they cannot see foreigners killing Libyans so they moved beside the people."

The BBC Arabic service's Najilaa Abou Merhi says the defection by Libya's interior minister is "significant". It shows Colonel Gadaffi is definitely losing power, she says.

WHY was Tony Blair, who usually expects a six-figure sum for speaking engagements these days, so keen to give a rare, extended live interview to Sky News at the start of the Egyptian democracy protests at the end of January?

Speaking from Jerusalem in his capacity as Middle East do-gooder, he warned against rushing to oust President Hosni Mubarak and argued that it would be better to move to "a situation where the Egyptian government evolves and you have full, fair and free elections at a certain point in time".

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The former British PM said it was vital not to jeopardise peace in the region. But perhaps there was another reason he was reluctant to withdraw support for Mubarak -

2106: AFP news agency reports that it has obtained official figures putting the death toll from the unrest at 300, including 58 soldiers.

The BBC's Mark Gregory has been looking into the Gaddafi regime's wealth: "Libyan cash abroad is held by an organisation called the Libyan Investment Authority - a fund set up about five years ago to manage the country's oil wealth. It's believed to have around $70bn of assets, including - bizarrely - a stake in the company that owns the British business publication the Financial Times. The fund's investments are thought to focus mainly on Italy, where they include a shareholding in a major bank and in Juventus football team."

Gaddafi and Berlusconi spoke on the phone. AJE: unsourced reports say Gaddafi tried to reassure him, but no one in Rome believes him. #libya

1. UN rep: We've seen all these statements about a civil war breaking out, that's why we're so concerned less than a minute ago via TweetDeck
2. UN rep: i was concerned about threats of retaliation in his speech. Very concerned. #libya 1 minute ago via TweetDeck
3. UN rep: Anyone inciting populations against themselves is a very dangerous thing, a very bad thing to happen. 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck
4. UN rep: UN staff have not reported they've seen plane attacks on civilians, but admittedly we also only have limited people there 30 of them 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck
5. UN rep: it's extremely important that UN staff be allowed to continue their work, but the situation is deteriorating. #libya 3 minutes ago via TweetDeck
6. UN rep: it raises real questions under UN humanitarian law. #libya 3 minutes ago via TweetDeck
7. UN rep: We have felt strongly, and have been pressing, that this must stop. It is totally unacceptable. 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck
8. UN rep: ppl have seen many planes and copters overhead, snipers, tanks, but I don't want to go beyond that re: bombing allegations. #libya 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck
9. UN rep Lynn Pascoe: We don't have independent #s re: casualties. We simply don't have comprehensive info.

1. Libyan boy in Tobrouk seen wearing looted uniform of Qaddafi Security forces at nighttime protests, #libya #feb17 21 minutes ago via web
2. Opposition and tribal gunmen jubilant at many checkpoints in eastern #libya, and welcoming. Many asked for portraits to be taken. #feb17 23 minutes ago via web
3. first of my tweets from free Eastern #Libya #feb17-Crossed the border late this afternoon with colleagues. 25 minutes ago via web

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton has tonight left for Egypt, where she will on Tuesday, 22 February, meet the representatives of transitional leadership and the government, members of the opposition and civil society, including representatives of youth and women' associations.

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Council conclusions on Developments in the Southern Neighbourhood:

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/119420.pdf

Videos from Today's visit to Egypt, including press conference: http://tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu/story/index/story_id/15210/media_type/video

Videos of yesterday's Foreign Affairs Council meeting and press conference: http://tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu/story/index/story_id/16155/media_id/38377

Council: Support for the peoples of the South Mediterranean

The Council condemned the ongoing repression against demonstrators in Libya and encouraged "all sides" to start a "national Libyan-led dialogue", which would bring a constructive future for the country and for the people.

The ministers welcomed the decision of Bahrain's authorities to "open a national dialogue" and urged the Yemeni authorities to do the same.

They confirmed their solidarity with the Tunisian people and the EU's commitment to contributing to the country's "socio-economic development and institution-building".

The Council encouraged the transitional authorities of Egypt to set "a clear timetable and steps for constitutional reform", that being a necessary precondition for free and fair parliamentary and presidential elections. However, the future of the state, emphasised Catherine Ashton, "lies firmly in the hands of the Egyptian people" and "we are not going to dictate the outcomes or impose any solutions."

Support measures

"This is our neighbourhood. We need to be ambitious, we need to be effective and we need to be integrated," underlined High Representative Ashton.

1. ...in fact just short suspension of SC Libya mtg, resuming again, looks like they'll agree text, influenced by "strong" Arab League... 7 minutes ago via HootSuite
2. ....we are dealing with it in this case because the Libyans asked for it (so no precedent set) 10 minutes ago via HootSuite
3. #UN SCouncil broken up without agreement on Libya statement, diplos say China wants to insert para saying internal matter but.... 10 minutes ago via HootSuite
4. ...as expected, no mention of no-fly zone in pending #UN SC on Libya, not even brought up for discussion 32 minutes ago via HootSuite
5. French UN Ambo: general will for strong SC Libya statement, will use Ban ki-Moon & Arab League statements as reference... 33 minutes ago via HootSuite
6. #UN Ban ki-Moon rep, dodging questions about no-fly zone: that's for the SC, it's not up to the UN's political dept to impose one! about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
7. #UN Ban ki-Moon rep: Gaddafi speech huge concern: the calls for some people to attack others dangerous, also the threats of retaliation about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
8. In address to SCouncil Libya #UN Ambo denies use of planes against protestors, but admits East of country out of govt control

1. Al Jazeera: Another battleship that refused Gaddafi's orders to shell Benghazi is now off the coast of Malta with a possible technical fault 9 minutes ago via web
2. Al Jazeera breaking: @AJArabic Correspondent: A Libyan battleship arrives in Malta after refusing Gaddafi's orders to shell Benghazi #Libya

2. Bel Qasim, the Sec Gen of the People's Commitee: Drivers are scared to take food to Benghazi because the are people on hallucinogens #Libya 3 minutes ago via web
3. Al Jazeera now carrying Libyan State TV press conference by the Secretary General of the People's Committee about the current event in Libya

12.06am: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi addressed the nation on Libyan state television on Tuesday. He blamed foreign powers for the current unrest in his country and said the protesters are on hallucinogenic drugs.

1. Defected Interior Minister is an old buddy of Gaddafi's since 1969 revolution. Gaddafi praised him in his speech #libya #feb17 6 minutes ago via web
2. Gaddafi claimed in speech: interior minister kidnaped & shot by Benghazi inhabitants. But Minister now says Gaddafi tried to kill him #libya 9 minutes ago via web
3. Defected Interior Min Abdel Fattah Younes was mentioned by Gaddafi in his speech, supposedly as having disappeared in Benghazi #libya #feb17

Al Jazeera: UN Security Council condemns violence in Libya & calls for the holding those responsible accountable #Libya

Matteo Salvini (EU Parliament, Lega Nord): "those are fundamentalists that will transform #Libya into an Islamic emirate"

Reuters news agency is reporting that Senegal has severed diplomatic ties with Iran, saying Tehran supplied rebels with weapons which killed Senegalese troops.

One point on the use of American arms in the hands of Libya could just as well be a case of triangulation, a typical ploy to get around sanctions or plain refusals. I recall that in the Eighties, Americans managed to sell enourmous stashes of Russian arms to Saddam Hussein through third nations. Even if Gadaffi has American arms, they needn't come directly from US suppliers.

TOBRUK, Libya -- Vowing to track down and kill protesters "house by house," Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya tightened his grip on the capital of Tripoli Tuesday, but the eastern half of the country was slipping beyond his control.

The US is out of the question.

I don't see the UN moving in time- and I understand it would be a state of necessity to justify an illegal act. Would it be opportune despite calls by many Libyan elite?
Would it be effective? What states have the means and tech to pull it off?

Its sad the Libyan channel has Pro Gaddafi protesters tapped in 1989 trying to make everyone believe its all NEW! LOL @ Gaddafi #Libya

The President of Nicaragua is an idiot, quite clearly. He says Ghaddafi is 'fighting a great battle'.

This is one amazing photo. People of all ages, including kids, on an abandoned tank in Benghazi: http://flic.kr/p/9kfQJE #flickr

If we begin at the eastern border of Libya with Egypt this morning and move west, we find the country is now divided in two, with the east largely in the hands of dissidents and the West still under the thumb of Qaddafi's security forces. The border with Egypt is in the hands of the Youth Movement, and the Egyptian government at the Bedouin village of Sallum (pop. 14,000) is allowing the border to remain open, permitting supplies and medicine to flow into the eastern cities. This Egyptian policy is tacit support for the revolt.

Then Tobruk is in dissident hands, with what soldiers there are having joined the revolt and now directing traffic and keeping order for the new, civic leadership. Tobruk, a city of 300,000 (about 5% of Libya's population), is the last major stop in the east on the way to the Egyptian border.

1. Air force major tells me of witnessing 4k african mercenaries arriving from feb 14 'that's why we turned against them' 7 minutes ago via txt
2. Looted weapons still arriving . 3 african mercenaries being held prisoner upstairs. #libya #feb17 18 minutes ago via txt
3. Amazing scenes in yard of ransacked police hq in benghazi. Massive armoury looted from barracks by defecting troops. #libya 20 minutes ago via txt
4. Camp site set up at benghazi. Large anti-ghadaffi demo here. Effigies of him hanging from looted govt buildings. 35 minutes ago via txt
5. Old independence flag still flying above looted and scorched court house in central benghazi. #libya,#feb17. 40 minutes ago via txt
6. Phones and email not working. Can only send and receive text messages. about 1 hour ago via txt
7. Seen anti aircraft shell casings on streets in benghazi #libya. Damage on nearby buildings shows they were widely used.

According to la Repubblica there are three Italian military ships on their way to the area, the destroyer Mimbelli, and two LPD's San Marco and San Giorgio.

1. Man with weals across his bk. Says pro-Gaddafi people dragged him from car and beat him y'day in Tripoli about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
2. Khaled, Algerian working in Tripoli says army control by day - protesters and gun fire by night about 2 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
3. Busloads of Tunisians and Algerians singing as they head into Tunisia from Libya

IOM staff at Tunisia's border with Libya report that migrants have begun to cross into Tunisia in efforts to escape the violence in the North African country and to get back to their home countries.

Although most of the arrivals have largely been of Tunisian nationals, migrants of various nationalities have been crossing the border into Tunisia's Medenine Governorate requesting assistance to go back home.

An IOM staffer says local Red Crescent officials reported to him and a UNHCR official on Tuesday that in addition to several thousand returning Tunisians, there were some Lebanese, Turkish, Syrian and three German nationals who had arrived asking for onward travel assistance.

We, the undersigned non-governmental, human rights, and humanitarian organizations, urge you to mobilize the United Nations and the international community and take immediate action to halt the mass atrocities now being perpetrated by the Libyan government against its own people. The inexcusable silence cannot continue.

As you know, in the past several days, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's forces are estimated to have deliberately killed hundreds of peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders across the country. In the city of Benghazi alone, one doctor reported seeing at least 200 dead bodies. Witnesses report that a mixture of special commandos, foreign mercenaries and regime loyalists have attacked demonstrators with knives, assault rifles and heavy-caliber weapons.

Snipers are shooting peaceful protesters. Artillery and helicopter gunships have been used against crowds of demonstrators. Thugs armed with hammers and swords attacked families in their homes. Hospital officials report numerous victims shot in the head and chest, and one struck on the head by an anti-aircraft missile. Tanks are reported to be on the streets and crushing innocent bystanders. Witnesses report that mercenaries are shooting indiscriminately from helicopters and from the top of roofs. Women and children were seen jumping off Giuliana Bridge in Benghazi to escape. Many of them were killed by the impact of hitting the water, while others were drowned. The Libyan regime is seeking to hide all of these crimes by shutting off contact with the outside world. Foreign journalists have been refused entry. Internet and phone lines have been cut or disrupted.

1. Protesters stole bull dozers to break into the army base. At least a dozen still wedged against walls. #libya half a minute ago via txt
2. Ghaddafi's house in benghazi ransacked by looters. #feb17 #libya 8 minutes ago via txt
3. Ghaddafi's parade ground inside the base destroyed. Army defectors circling sts in pick-ups. Still in uniform. 14 minutes ago via txt
4. At main army base in benghazi. A slaughter house. Hundreds died here. Base destroyed. Blood still on the streets. #libya. 17 minutes ago via txt
5. Intensive care unit in benghazi still full of casualties from weekend govt crack down. #libya.

5.25pm: A National Libyan Airline plane is circling the airspace off the coast of Malta, Al Jazeera's Cal Perry reports from Valletta. "The plane is saying they are running out of fuel and need to land .. they are negotiating with the runway about landing," Perry says.

But soldiers have been deployed and authorities are "nervous" about what could be on board the plane, he adds.

Live Blog - Libya Feb 23 | Al Jazeera Blogs

6.15pm: A private Libyan jet that was prevented from landing at Beirut's airport was carrying on board the wife of one of  Gaddafi's sons, Voice of Lebanon radio reported Wednesday.

Several Libyan regime figures could have been among the plane's passengers, the radio station said.

6.10pm: Government sources say Muammar Gaddafi's daughter was on board the National Libyan Airlines plane that tried to land in Malta on Thursday, Al Jazeera's Cal Perrry reports from Valletta.

Swedish paper Expressen quotes #Libya's ex-justice minister Abdel-Jalil saying "I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order about Lockerbie."

BREAKING: been told by a caller, they are digging in Benghazi finding prisoners alive underground so far around 1500 #Libya #Feb17

1. Amazing: I hear by phone that Tajura, #Libya , less than 10 miles from Tripoli, has fallen. Rebel flag flying over it. less than 20 seconds ago via web
2. I hear by phone that four tanks are now at Pivoo intersection on outskirts of Tripoli, blocking all traffic from east.

"The decision to do justice in Libya should be taken by the Libyan people. Currently, Libya is not a State Party to the Rome Statute. Therefore, intervention by the ICC on the alleged crimes committed in Libya can occur only if the Libyan authorities accept the jurisdiction of the Court, (through article 12(3) of the Rome Statute). In the absence of such step, the United Nations Security Council can decide to refer the situation to the Court. The Office of the Prosecutor will act only after either decision is taken".

Source: Office of the Prosecutor

Rubbish.

That would comprise a three corp field army.  Regime didn't have that many before revolution and it doesn't have the airlift capability to bring that many in over the short amount of time the revolution has been happening.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

#Libya tries to defend itself in front of European ambassadors by callin meeting to detail 'official' account #Feb17

Same source: anti-air missiles were heard at dawn, Misrata radio station went off air, is now back up.

If one of the anti-air battalions of the Libyan Army has joined revolt it's tremendously good news.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

People of Misrata have created a 'black list' which names all those who attacked protesters or aided the oppressive regime.

All those blacklisted in Misrata will not be attacked but have been completely boycotted by the whole community.

What has been going on in Al Kufra is horrific:

Migrants coming from the East African coast and the Near East pass through and compulsorily stop in Kufra. It is a little village of transit along the traditional route between Khartum and the coastal Libyan towns, which has lately turned to be a spot gathering Libyan-Sudanese criminal organizations involved in the illegal transport of immigrants, police officers controlling the boundaries and the need of people working in local productive activities.

The village of Kufra has long been suspected and accused by European Parliamentary delegations as being criminally instrumental in assisting migrants. In 2007, they defined Kufra as a free zone, a sort of starting Centre of Temporary Permanence CPT against the law... These gathering centres are places, in which the first contacts with the criminal organizations occur. Such organizations promote the "journey of hope", with a flexible handling of the Migrants' African routes according to the restriction policies adopted by the various governments. The minds of the criminal organizations act accordingly to what happens in each country: if Morocco stresses its restrain policies, the routes move towards the Canary Islands, if the controls in Libya increase, the streams are diverted towards Malta. When the migratory stream is over, the routes are back on Libya and Tunisia.

Article also says:

In 2005 Italy allocated funds for the creation of a detention camp at Kufra.

Should be investigated to see if there are 'certain persons' in the Italian government have benefited from this.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre