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continues The popular uprising in Libya, but how?

reflections on the chaos of a revolution in the news media blackout

By Marco Schoeller

The developments in Libya are still difficult to see. Although disseminated in the past 24 hours many video clips, mobile videos and photos over the Internet or the international TV-channels, but their interpretation is often difficult. The many messages that leak out every minute one-on channels are usually not comprehensible, more a rumor than usable information.

Benghazi 02/20/2011

Secured seems at the moment that a number of places in the west of Libya - Benghazi namely, al-Badya 'and Tobruk - the regime no longer be controlled. Messages via internet and phone talking about, these cities were "liberated", and consequently in the hands of insurgents, and several videos and many pictures seem to prove that. A caller to BBC, who was in Benghazi local language, but on Sunday evening from the fact that prevailed in the city "chaos and anarchy." 22:35 against it said in the live blog of Aljazeera that pro-Gaddafi militias, which are included in a barracks in Benghazi, "butchered by the mob to be." Other security forces had fled to the airport.

were confusing and uncertain on Sunday evening, the reports related to individual persons or groups. About Shaikh Sadiq al-Ghiryânî: it had in the course of Sunday called on to fight the regime, and called "the duty of every individual believer." (Although he has not spoken to my knowledge in this context explicitly by Jihad, "but this statement applies to it, because the jihad is usually considered a" duty of the community ", not as a" duty of every individual "- would have al-Ghiryânî So the obligation to resist further intensified as a call to jihad.) In the evening it was reported al-Ghiryânî was arrested, it was also spat at and beaten. And since both have been reported, he finds it again, or still at liberty, or that he is still detained. We do not know. Abdallah al-Sanusi and or his son: The two lead the Libyan domestic intelligence agency, are widely regarded (rightly and) as "Erzverbrecher and some will reportedly be killed in Benghazi. This was denied but a little later, in fact, they had fled from the city. None of this can be confirmed.

Or the still-difficult question of the African mercenaries: That they were used and still are, seems uncontroversial. The question remains, however, where they come from. Yesterday was there that they were from Mali. Now circulating in the Internet photos, the documents showed that some of these mercenaries are to come from Guinea. was on Sunday evening, according to France, reports that the mercenaries were from Sudan and Chad, Libya had in training camp and were originally designed for the fighting in Darfur. Then again, we hear, the mercenaries have been flown only in recent days. As so often, we do not know what we have to think of these contradictory messages. And also in other African mercenaries continue to make headlines was reported a few hours ago, they would in smaller towns in the west of the country's population , Murder and in the early hours of Monday morning they will be related to the clashes in Tripoli in connection: In the center of African mercenaries were used to shoot live ammunition at the demonstrators. 2:30 is reported against these mercenaries had attacked the demonstrators on the "Green Square" in Tripoli and expelled them from there. None of these messages is verifiable, and are to date no videos.

were confusing, especially in the hours of Sunday evening, the news of the whereabouts of Gaddafi and the fate of his son Saif al-Islam. It was first reported here and there, Gaddafi had left Tripoli. By 22:00 Clock, it was concrete, Gaddafi had left the country, towards South America, Venezuela and Brazil have been isolated as targets. In an interview on Al Jazeera with a spokesman for the Libyan embassy in Beijing, it was said that Gaddafi was flown to Venezuela and his son Saif al-Islam in an argument with his brother al-Mu'tasim been shot. This in spite of tragedy plenty "picturesque-revolutionary" family drama that is reminiscent of the conditions in the Borgia clan or the intrigues of the Ottoman Sultanshof was then supported by alleged eyewitness reports of a large aircraft had left, accompanied by military jets to the Airport Tripoli. Postwendend was reported, however, Venezuela knew nothing of Gaddafi's arrival and was not ready to take this ... Afterwards, nothing was reported more concrete, and the whereabouts of Gaddafi is unknown. It is indeed unlikely that he has left the country.

was at midnight then a speech by Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam broadcast that lasted nearly 50 minutes. Was he not dead, shot by his brother? We do not know. Up to now argue the spirits when the speech was recorded. That it was recorded, Saif himself says at the end. But when? It is impossible to gain clarity about it: The speech contains allusions to current events, but it may be some hours, maybe even be a day old. Many hours of the speech was billed as "coming soon" in the Libyan Television, which in turn fueled the speculation that Saif had already been dead when the speech was broadcast. This sounds of course plenty of unbelievable and can not be verified further. Man pokes in the dark. Fact is, the speech was broadcast and about the actual whereabouts of Saif is yet unknown. The studio backdrop, before which had Saif placed, made a lot impromptu impression, but I must say nothing, otherwise he recalled in the manner in which he turned "to the Libyan people," fatal to Mussolini, not only because he looks like him anyway, but because he repeatedly - just as once the fascist dictator - the head turned to the side and lifted his chin, before returning to the dock-talk.

total was Saif al-Islam is a horrible idea: Impressed as he was a hip yuppie broad leaning back against the camera and spoke coolly about the measures that would make the regime to end the uprising. The speech must occupy ourselves here only briefly, it is in the media already analyzed in detail. Saif presented to the Libyan people a nightmare scenario in mind and threatened a civil war if the insurgency did not end. Gaddafi are in Libya and would "fight until the last minute and up to the last ball." He added that the fatalities so far were nothing compared to "thousands" who would fall still should not stop the conflict. An English summary of the main points found at the end of this paper.

And so it goes: News, contrary to the rule, each other - or we can not quite place. All of them unverifiable. What about the oil fields? Obviously, the destruction of the oil fields would be disastrous for Libya, and so they have long since come to the attention of the parties. But accuracy can not say. On Sunday evening it was reported Libyans would block destroy oil wells within 24 hours or should not yield to the regime. Meanwhile, a few hours later, however, is reported Libyan insurgents would organize themselves to protect oil production facilities, so they are not destroyed by the regime.

keep moving in, messages that are distributed hard to believe, or at least not verifiable, but the minute on the Internet. Some examples: To be announced 03:15, Saif al-Islam are no longer in Libya, but in Vienna, where his speech was recorded. At 03:20 clock is reported to be 16 aircraft took off from Tripoli Airport, allegedly on board members of the regime. About the same time is said to be on the Libyan-Egyptian border, it came to clashes in which now affects the Egyptian military, would be involved in the Libyan side, even the Air Force. The reason for this should have been the announced food and drug supplies, which can organize from Egypt. It all sounds as though the rumor mill was developing its own momentum, which always produces abstruse news: The Dark Revolution thus creates its own dark messages. But perhaps even the right one or the other. We are perhaps . Learn

experience is no question but the people in Libya at the moment difficult hours. As of early Monday morning, kick over the reports of heavy fighting in and around Tripoli. Supposedly television have been occupied, government buildings and ministries are to be in flames. Dozens of deaths among the demonstrators. The worst is the message that was now spread on several occasions over the Internet, Pro-Gaddafi demonstrators had entered the hospital in Tripoli, and had wounded massacred. But like so much of what we hear these days like, too, is wrong it sein.Wenn true, it is unthinkable. But whether true or false: The "dark" Revolution you look into the depths of human darkness.

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A Reuters report presented key points from tonight's speech Saif al-Islam in English translation together. Here is a selection:

"Today we are at a crossroads ... We either tell ourselves' we are Libyans and this is country, we want ... freedom, democracy and real reform, this and that ', and this has been planned and agreed upon and was supposed to be done at the upcoming congress general assembly ... (Or) we will all seek the arbitration of weapons, 5 million Libyans will seek the arbitration of weapons. "

" Tomorrow we conduct a historic national initiative, within 48 hours, three days, 6 hours, to call for a General People's Congress with a clear agenda that is to adopt a battery of laws that had initially been agreed upon, the press law, the civil society.Civilised laws that, new laws ... widens freedoms, cancel many of the exisiting hinderances and silly existing punishments and initiates a national dialogue on a Libyan constitution.«

»There were some planning errors. Errors from the police ... and the army that was not equipped and prepared to confront angry people and...to defend its premises, weapons and ammunition. ... Each party has its own version of the story...But the unfortunate bottom line is that sons of Libya have died. This is the tragedy.«

»They have started by attacking army camps, have killed soldiers, officers...and taken weapons. ... The security forces...have arrested dozens in Libya who unfortunately were among our brother Arabs and among the African expatriates...who were used in these events at these times to create problems ... Some wealthy (businessmen) and tradesmen spent millions on them to use these people.«

»There are groups that have formed a government in Benghazi and groups that have set up an Islamic emirate in Baida ... and another person who declared himself to be the ruler of the Islamic Republic of Darna. ... They now want to transform Libya into a group of (Islamic) emirates, small states and even (cause) separatism. They have a plot. Unfortunately, our brother Arabs (allowed) their media, their stations and the inflammatory coverage. "