Sunday, August 21, 2011

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Saadi Is Now Confirmed Captured. 3 sons, Mohammad Surrendered, Saif And Saadi Captured. Held In Secret Location

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Saadi Is Now Confirmed Captured. 3 sons, Mohammad Surrendered, Saif And Saadi Captured. Held In Secret Location
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2011: Three of Gaddafi’s sons have reportedly been captured by the rebels. According to the Libyan leader’s spokesman, Gaddafi is prepared to negotiate directly with the head of the rebel transitional council, but says the rebels are not ready to listen.

The Associated Press says the Libyan rebels are coming under sniper fire as they near the capital’s main square. Eyewitnesses are tweeting that an “Independence” flag has been raised on Abdel Ghani mosque.

Libyan rebels moved into the capital Tripoli on Sunday and came within two miles of the city center, as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away. The rebel leadership said Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam has been arrested.

Associated Press reporters with the rebels said they met little resistance as they moved from the western outskirts into the capital in a dramatic turning of the tides in the 6-month-old Libyan civil war. The rebels took control of one neighborhood, Ghot Shaal, on the western edge of the city. They set up checkpoints as rebel trucks rolled into Tripoli.


*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News

©

COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

©

COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Gaddafi's Son Saif Al-Islam Captured, His Authoritarian Rule Coming To An End In Libya

Defense News: DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Gaddafi's Son Saif Al-Islam Captured, His Authoritarian Rule Coming To An End In Libya
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2011: Libya's rebels have captured Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif Al-Islam, the head of the rebel National Transitional Council told Al Jazeera television on Sunday.

"We have confirmed information that our guys have captured Saif Al-Islam," Mustapha Abd El Jalil said. "We have given instructions to treat him well so that he can face trial."

Rebel fighters streamed into Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate, tearing down posters of the Libyan leader.

A convoy of rebels entered a western neighborhood of the city, firing their weapons into the air. Rebels said the whole of the city was under their control except Gaddafi's Bab Al-Aziziya-Jazeera stronghold, according to al-Jazeera Television.

Gaddafi made two audio addresses over state television calling on Libyans to fight off the rebels.

"I am afraid if we don't act, they will burn Tripoli," he said. "There will be no more water, food, electricity or freedom."

Gaddafi, a colorful and often brutal autocrat who has ruled Libya for over 40 years, said he was breaking out weapons stores to arm the population. His spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, predicted a violent reckoning by the rebels.

"A massacre will be committed inside Tripoli if one side wins now, because the rebels have come with such hatred, such vendetta...Even if the leader leaves or steps down now, there will be a massacre."

NATO, which has backed the rebels with a bombing campaign, said the transition of power in Libya must be peaceful.

After a six-month civil war, the fall of Tripoli came quickly, with a carefully orchestrated uprising launched on Saturday night to coincide with the advance of rebel troops on three fronts. Fighting broke out after the call to prayer from the minarets of the mosques.

Rebel National Transitional Council Coordinator Adel Dabbechi confirmed that Gaddafi's younger son Saif Al-Islam had been captured. His eldest son Mohammed Al-Gaddafi had surrendered to rebel forces, he told Reuters.

Only five months ago Gaddafi's forces were set to crush the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, the leader warning in a television address that there would be "no mercy, no pity" for his opponents. His forces, he said, would hunt them down "district to district, street to street, house to house, room to room."

The United Nations then acted quickly, clearing the way for creation of a no-fly zone that NATO, with a campaign of bombing, used ultimately to help drive back Gaddafi's forces.
"It's over. Gaddafi's finished," said Saad Djebbar, former legal adviser to Libyan government.

Al Jazeera television aired images of people celebrating in central Tripoli and tearing down posters of Gaddafi, which had dominated Libyan cities for decades.

In Benghazi in the east, thousands gathered in a city-center square waving red, black and green opposition flag as news filtered through of rebel advances into Tripoli.

"It's over!" shouted one man as he dashed out of a building, a mobile telephone clutched to his ear. Celebratory gunfire and explosions rang out over the city and cars blaring their horns crowded onto the streets. Overhead, red tracer bullets darted into a black sky.

"It does look like it is coming to an end," said Anthony Skinner, Middle East analyst, Maplecroft. "But there are still plenty of questions. The most important is exactly what Gaddafi does now. Does he flee or can he fight?"

"In the slightly longer term, what happens next? We know there have been some serious divisions between the rebel movement and we don't know yet if they will be able to form a cohesive front to run the country."
Gaddafi, in his second audio broadcast in 24 hours, dismissed the rebels as rats.

"I am giving the order to open the weapons stockpiles," Gaddafi said. "I call on all Libyans to join this fight. Those who are afraid, give your weapons to your mothers or sisters.
"Go out, I am with you until the end. I am in Tripoli. We will ... win."


A Libyan government official told Reuters that 376 people on both sides of the conflict were killed in fighting overnight on Saturday in Tripoli, with about 1,000 others wounded.

A diplomatic source in Paris, where the government has closely backed the rebels, said underground rebel cells in the capital had been following detailed plans drawn up months ago and had been waiting for a signal to act.

That signal was "iftar" -- the moment when Muslims observing the holy months of Ramadan break their daily fast. It was at this moment that imams started broadcasting their message from the mosques, residents said.



*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News

©

COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - MIDDLE EAST NEWS: Egypt Must Do More To Secure Its Border With Israel

Defense News: DTN News - MIDDLE EAST NEWS: Egypt Must Do More To Secure Its Border With Israel
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2011: This morning’s attacks on two tourist buses in southern Israel by Islamist militants, which are reported to have killed five people, has highlighted the worsening security position on Egypt’s border with Israel.

Until recently border security between the two countries had been relatively effective, as the Egyptian government under former President Hosni Mubarak took a close interest in preventing Hamas and other militant Islamist groups from indulging in acts of terrorism.

But now that Egypt is mired in its own political difficulties following Mubarak’s overthrow in February, the interim Egyptian government seems to have lost interest in fulfilling its security commitments along its border with southern Israel. The strict arms embargo Mubarak enforced against Hamas has been lifted, as have other restrictions on the movement of goods to and from Gaza.

The result is that, without proper Egyptian supervision, Hamas now has free and easy access to other militant groups that want to provide them with arms and other means of support. And so long as Egypt continues to ignore its responsibilities in Sinai, expect more terrorist attacks to take place in the weeks ahead.


  1. Related News
  2. News for israel egypt news


    Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Egypt stock market drops on concerns over diplomatic fallout with ...
    Washington Post - 1 hour ago
    Sunday's trading session offered investors their first chance to react to the fallout between Egypt and Israel after three Egyptian security forces were ...
    1406 related articles

  4. Israel News - Daily News Alert from Israel

    www.dailyalert.org/ - Cached
    2 days ago – Al-Ahram Sees Israeli Plot to Harm Egyptian Fertility - Roee Nahmias (YnetNews) Egypt's official state paper Al-Ahram has claimed that Israeli ...
  5. Israel regrets Egyptian soldiers' deaths - World - CBC News

    www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/08/20/egypt-israel.html
    1 day ago – Israel's defence minister has expressed regret for the deaths of Egyptiansecurity forces killed this week during a shootout between Israeli ...
  6. Israel apologizes for Egyptian soldiers' deaths - World - CBC News

    www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/08/20/egypt-israel.html?ref=rss
    1 day ago – Israel's defence minister has apologized for the deaths of ...
  7. Ambush strains Israel-Egypt ties; Violence rises - CBS News

    www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/19/.../main20094898.shtml - Cached
    1 day ago – Egypt registered an official complaint with Israel over the deaths of five of its soldiers in fighting after an ambush.
  8. Israel-Egypt peace in jeopardy - CBS News

    www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/20/501364/main20095040.shtml
    12 hours ago – A cross-border attack blamed on Palestinian militants sets ...
  9. Israel apologizes to Egypt for soldier deaths - Yahoo! News

    news.yahoo.com/israel-apologizes-egypt-soldier-deaths-17193... - United States
    Read 'Israel apologizes to Egypt for soldier deaths' on Yahoo! News. Israel apologized toEgypt Saturday for the deaths of three Egyptian soldiers during a ...
  10. Without Egypt, Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast - Haaretz ...

    www.haaretz.com/news/.../without-egypt-israel-will-be-left-with-no-... - Cached
    Without Egypt's Mubarak and with relations with Turkey in shambles, Israel will be forced to court new potential allies.
  11. Defense-Technology News: DTN News - EGYPT NEWS / Israel TODAY ...

    defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/.../dtn-news-egypt-news-israel-toda...
    14 Feb 2011 – Egypt's cabinet removes Mubarak's portrait as Israel welcomes newsthatEgypt will abide by its treaties. Insider accounts have emerged of ...
    You You shared this
  12. Israel Egypt News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News

    www.einnews.com/israel/newsfeed-israel-egypt - Cached
    Israel Egypt News. Service for global professionals. Constantly updated news and information about Israel.
  13. BBC News - Egypt to recall Israel envoy over Sinai shootings

    www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14600357 - Cached
    23 hours ago – Egyptian state TV says the country is recalling its ambassador to IsraeluntilIsrael explains why it reportedly shot dead five Egyptian policemen.
  14. Defense-Technology News: DTN News - EGYPT IN CRISIS: Egypt, Israel ...

    defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/.../dtn-news-egypt-in-crisis-egypt-...
    8 Feb 2011 – (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 8, 2011: The events inEgypt have sent shock waves through Israel. ...

    1. Israeli Soldiers Speak | TheRealNews.com

      www.therealnews.com
      TV-News/Israel: Testimonies on Palestinians Offenses.

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources
Con Coughlin, the Telegraph
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News

©

COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS