Protesters set the Libyan parliament building alight and crowds celebrate victory in Benghazi
By Daily Mail Reporter
- Protesters appear to have taken control of second city Benghazi
- Up to 400 feared dead after dozens killed in overnight clashes
- Justice minister resigns over ‘excessive use of violence’
- Mystery as two Libyan fighter jets land in Malta
- David Cameron declares regime response is ‘appalling and unacceptable’
- Gaddafi’s son says: ‘We will fight to the last minute, until the last bullet’
- UN warns that British Government could be guilty of ‘complicity’ in killings
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.
Protesters appear to have gained a foothold in Tripoli as banks and government buildings were looted while demonstrators have claimed they have taken control of the second city Benghazi.
It is thought up to 400 people may have died in the unrest with dozens more reported killed in Tripoli overnight as protests reached the capital for the first time and army units were said to have defected to the opposition.
Scroll down to watch a video report of the unrest in Libya
Popular fury: Government buildings have been set ablaze by anti-regime protesters in Tripoli
Taking power: Benghazi residents stand on a task inside a security forces compound
Wounded: A Libyan carries away partial remains of a man’s body at Al-Jalaa hospital in Benghazi
The Libyan justice minister has now resigned in protest at the ‘excessive use of violence’ against the protesters, according to the Quryna newspaper, while the Maltese Foreign Ministry said it is trying to establish why two Libyan fighter jets landed on the island today.
A coalition of Libyan Islamic leaders has issued a fatwa telling all Muslims it is their duty to rebel against the Libyan leadership and demanding the release of all jailed protesters.
The Network of Free Ulema of Libya also demanded the release of fellow Islamic scholar Sadiq al-Ghriani, who was arrested after criticising the government, and ‘all imprisoned demonstrators, including many of our young students’.
As Europe and the U.S. condemned the regime’s handling of the unrest, Gaddafi’s son Saif said his family would ‘fight until the last bullet’.
I’ve heard these stories about Gaddafi for years. I had once a girlfriend from (Tripoli) who said she was distantly related to him.
When I was serving in Gaza, on the beachfront is a fish restaurant called Abuhatzeira, owned by members of the family of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, known as the Baba Sali
. They were part of that family who converted to Islam. They had pictures of the Baba Sali on the wall of their restaurant.
But he’s one of our boys!
Oy.
Thanks, Yamit.
(You too, Queen! Strutting around that stage in that sickly green T-shirt, you were semi-unforgettable).
AOBTD is becoming the theme song of al-Islam, as their own people boot out the bastards who have been giving all the orders while getting rich and powerful in the process. I bet some Chicago gambler is making book on who’s next.
And I wouldn’t be surprised if Saif was one of the ones who reportedly flew off with one of daddy’s jet aircraft and landed on nearby Malta. Why Malta? Well, it’s a short flight, and they probably have no extradition treaties.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
I don’t expect to be seeing saif going out on the streets and doing any fighting.
‘Another One Bites the Dust’ 🙂