HRW: Libyan security forces kill at least 24

Libyan security forces have killed at least 24 persons in a violent operation against anti-government, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
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24 people killed and a wall of silence from the US the EU and above all that mickey mouse club called UN.Where is the defence of its own charter and law?
Shouldn't countries be breaking their ties independenly of the UN?What about the oil corporations trading with Libya? Shouldn't they be pulling out until the state stops killing its people?

The more this goes on the more international institutions and governments are shown to be complicit in these dictatorships.

The uprisings in the Middle East are only the first phase of a tsunami that's underway and which will affect a number of countries worldwide.The Middle East desparately needs massive social and economic change and revolutions to sweep away the dictators and thugs who are still in power are the only way forward.

I have certainly changed my perceptions of the Arabs after seeing all those very brave people who are taking on the security forces at the risk of their lives and freedom.
The Arab world will never be the same again.

The Libyan government is arranging a counter-rally in Washington by "Gaddafi-supporters" this weekend. Students in the country on government scholarships are being contacted and told to attend - if they want to keep their financial support. (They did something similar when Gadaffi spoke at the UN, but then it was $2000 bribes rather than threats.)

The story's from Al Jazeera - http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011217184949502493.html .

The money ought to be something either the colleges or the US government can help with. What they can't help is how the students' families will be treated back in Libya.

security forces at the risk of their lives and freedom.
The Arab world will never be the same again.
(Leonidas, 18 February 2011 18:21)

As always, thumbs up for your comments.
We did see from the smart west some lips movements to condemn the leaders of all these countries, however it was rather to give themselves a good conscience than really aiming at changes...

Libya is rich from oil reserves its students can study anywhere at any university in the world and all paid for by their Government. In fact Gaddafi has not remained in power since the 1970s for nothing. He has provided excellent hospitals and social security systems for his people – this guy has done many, many worthwhile things unlike some other middle eastern despots. Gaddafi was the trail blazer that forced the other regional governments in the region to provide many of the services these people now take for granted. That’s the good side.
Now that he is America’s best friend, the US would hate to have him deposed and replaced with a democratically elected leader who is not friendly to the US or its policies. Poor old Obama he does not deserve any of this – he should have been president during better times.
For those that have followed all this closely one and only one thing repeats itself over and over again. As one demonstrator in Bahrain summed it up “Where is the US? It talks about democracy and freedom and when we want true democracy its words are not matched with action except for giving our governments the bullets to shoot us with”. This is what is destroying the US in the Middle East and the rest of the world.
Notice that its only the US or US-employed journalists/film crew that are attacked? Not the others.

(Leonidas, 18 February 2011 18:21)
As usual, excellent comment.

Libyan security forces have killed at least 24 persons in a violent operation against anti-government, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
B92

24 people killed and a wall of silence from the US the EU and above all that mickey mouse club called UN.Where is the defence of its own charter and law?
Shouldn't countries be breaking their ties independenly of the UN?What about the oil corporations trading with Libya? Shouldn't they be pulling out until the state stops killing its people?

The more this goes on the more international institutions and governments are shown to be complicit in these dictatorships.

The uprisings in the Middle East are only the first phase of a tsunami that's underway and which will affect a number of countries worldwide.The Middle East desparately needs massive social and economic change and revolutions to sweep away the dictators and thugs who are still in power are the only way forward.

I have certainly changed my perceptions of the Arabs after seeing all those very brave people who are taking on the security forces at the risk of their lives and freedom.
The Arab world will never be the same again.

The Libyan government is arranging a counter-rally in Washington by "Gaddafi-supporters" this weekend. Students in the country on government scholarships are being contacted and told to attend - if they want to keep their financial support. (They did something similar when Gadaffi spoke at the UN, but then it was $2000 bribes rather than threats.)

The story's from Al Jazeera - http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011217184949502493.html .

The money ought to be something either the colleges or the US government can help with. What they can't help is how the students' families will be treated back in Libya.

security forces at the risk of their lives and freedom.
The Arab world will never be the same again.
(Leonidas, 18 February 2011 18:21)

As always, thumbs up for your comments.
We did see from the smart west some lips movements to condemn the leaders of all these countries, however it was rather to give themselves a good conscience than really aiming at changes...

Libya is rich from oil reserves its students can study anywhere at any university in the world and all paid for by their Government. In fact Gaddafi has not remained in power since the 1970s for nothing. He has provided excellent hospitals and social security systems for his people – this guy has done many, many worthwhile things unlike some other middle eastern despots. Gaddafi was the trail blazer that forced the other regional governments in the region to provide many of the services these people now take for granted. That’s the good side.
Now that he is America’s best friend, the US would hate to have him deposed and replaced with a democratically elected leader who is not friendly to the US or its policies. Poor old Obama he does not deserve any of this – he should have been president during better times.
For those that have followed all this closely one and only one thing repeats itself over and over again. As one demonstrator in Bahrain summed it up “Where is the US? It talks about democracy and freedom and when we want true democracy its words are not matched with action except for giving our governments the bullets to shoot us with”. This is what is destroying the US in the Middle East and the rest of the world.
Notice that its only the US or US-employed journalists/film crew that are attacked? Not the others.

(Leonidas, 18 February 2011 18:21)
As usual, excellent comment.