Libyans rose up in Benghazi, Tripoli, Misratah, Zawiyah, Bayda, Tubrok, etc. According to the Internation Criminal Court, Libya preplanned to kill civilians who demonstrated: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12983054
Women were very much part of the initial protests, up until Gaddafi's men started the killing. Once cities freed themselves, we saw women return the to protests. Put that through your head, Libyans had to fight just to protest. Here is a CNN reporter showing a demonstation in Benghazi, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyb1uXUbJWY
> Aren't you amazed that, in contrast to all the other Arab uprisings, weapons of unknown origin emerged in Libya?
Libyan civilians are not allowed to own weapons. All those weapons you see, they fought and died for. The youth of Benghazi, in response to being fired at by snipers and later anti-aircraft guns (you don't want to see the videos of those killed by such high caliber ammo), picked up pipes and bats.
They fought armed gunmen for their guns. The response was tanks and aircraft from Gaddafi. They raided the weapons stores in the east, to get at the guns that the author of this piece are of "unknown origin"
> Weren't you struck by the emergence of a supposed ‘revolutionary council' led by a former accomplice of Gaddafi, whereas nowhere else was there any question of the masses who had risen up appointing some people as a replacement government?
My word. I remember following every bit of news that was coming out of Libya. The TNC wasn't around for a long time. When Gaddafi's army upped the killing ante, firing rockets at cities and attacking civilians with tanks, I was sitting in a cafe with a bunch of other Libyan families in the Bay Area. After a Libyan commentator made the case for it, most Libyans had agreed that there was a really big need for a official point of contact that represented the free Libyans.
We recognized we needed this if we were going to ask for assistance from other nations. The TNC was formed in response to this. It didn't just spring up spontaneously
According to the Internation Criminal Court, Libya preplanned to kill civilians who demonstrated: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12983054
Women were very much part of the initial protests, up until Gaddafi's men started the killing.
Once cities freed themselves, we saw women return the to protests.
Put that through your head, Libyans had to fight just to protest.
Here is a CNN reporter showing a demonstation in Benghazi, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyb1uXUbJWY