As the uprising in Libya enters its ninth day, we keep you updated on the developing situation from our headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
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(All times are local in Libya GMT+2)
February 22
11:53pm: Tripoli resident Khaleed urges Nato and others to send peacekeeping troops.
Right after his speech, mercenaries were sent into the street. There were gunshots in every direction you could hear automatic, semi-automatic, high-powered rifles. You cuold hear them, you could hear the different types and the different bursts of fire. It sounded like something out of Chechnya in all honesty.
11:40pm: Reuters reports Libyan troops deployed at Sabratha town, 65km west of Tripoli
11.35pm: Clashes reported in the Sarman district of Tripoli
11.29pm: You must watch this.
The family of Mohamed Bouazizi, the young Tunisian from Sidi Bouzid whose act of self-immolation triggered the Tunisian Uprising, has a message for the families in Libya who have lost their loved ones to the violent repression of the protests.
Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor, set himself on fire on December 17 after police abused and humiliated him. He died of his burns on January 4. The protest movement that began in Sidi Bouzid swelled to become a nationwide phenomenon, and spread to other countries in North Africa and the Middle East. Most recently, it reached Libya.
Hundreds of Libyans have been killed as Muammar Gaddafi attempts to petrify the protests against his regime. Menobia Bouazizi, Mohamed’s mother, recorded this message for their families. Her family sent the video to Al Jazeera. Read this excellent report from Al Jazeera's Yasmine Ryan, who recently returned from the birthplace of Tunisia's uprising - by clicking here: The tragic life of a street vendor
11.27pm: Reports the Irish air corps is heading to Malta to help evacuate Irish citizens from Libya tomorrow.
11.25pm: Is Younis positioning himself to take over? He concludes:
From my knowledge of Gaddafi, he won't leave, he will stay to the end, but he will stay alone. Who will aid him? Everyone has abandoned him. The Eastern & Central Provinces have abandoned him. To Gaddafi I tell him: Please end your life by praying for the martyrs, ask for God's forgiveness and the people's.
To Libyan people, you are a brave people, stand courageously, Libya will become a strong country. What I know is that the Free Officers of Libya have stopped their support of Gaddafi, his Security Battalion remain. Stand courageously, people of Libya, and those in Tripoli and Zawya and all over the country.
11.20pm: Younis adds: "Gaddafi's speech was very clear to any one who has a brain. He is nervous, he is stubborn. He may commit suicide. Gaddafi won't leave. He may commit suicide or will be killed. I didn't wish for him to face such an end."
11.13pm: Former Gaddafi No.2, Abdul Fatah Younis being interviewed on Al Arabiya. Here's a rough translation of some of his comments, provided by @SultanAlQassemi:
The Libyan people have suffered too long. We have so much oil, the people could have lived as in a 5 star hotel.
Al Arabiya asks him: What happened?
There was a crowd of people outside my office, I was with my cousin. A bullet then went next to my right cheek, it hit my cousin who is in a very bad case now.
Gaddafi, that dirty man, wanted to say that I was killed by protesters so that my tribe, the Obeidat, will stand by him.
"You were a Minister of Interior but you only choose to speak now?" Younis: "I spoke to him 2 weeks before the revolution."
I told Gaddafi, we have too many unemployed youth. I want that dirty person who shot my cousin to face justice .
I am not a two-faced man. I worked with Gaddafi for 42 years, I was shocked at his speech today.
I wish Gaddafi had instead said a prayer for the fallen youth in his last days in office.
Our plan now it to support the youth in Tripoli so that it is liberated like Benghazi was.
I offer my condolences to the fallen martyrs (reads a statement of support for the youth revolution).
I begged Gaddafi not to send planes, I called him. Now of course we don't speak, I have joined the revolution.
Citizens collected weapons & brought them to me, we put them in a massive (airplane) hanger for safekeeping.
I gave orders to my men in Benghazi not to shoot at protesters, not one of my men shot at protesters, those who shot belong to the Security Battalions. I guarantee that none of my men shot at protesters.
11.09pm: Libyan state TV says "honourable citizens" continue to apprehend "vandals".
11.06pm: Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh tweets that Libya's state TV broadcasts names of military officers joining pro-Gaddafi demonstrations, describing them as "free officers".
11.03pm: Libyans tell Al Jazeera the scariest part of Gaddafi's speech was when he spoke of not using force "yet" - given reports over the past few days of mercenaries, airstrikes and photos of burnt corpses and protesters hacked apart.
11.01pm: Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros tells us eyewitnesses report police going through Tripoli and removing barricades put in place by residents to protect their homes from attack during the past few days. Residents reported to be panicking.
10.55pm: Libya's state TV urges "those who like to film with their cell phones" to email in footage of pro-Gaddafi demos
10.53pm: More on that shoe throwing... Al Jazeera brings you the reaction as provided by state TV, with enthusiastic crowds greeting Gaddafi's lengthy, rambling speech. Meanwhile, the crowds in the eastern city of Benghazi - site of the beginning of the uprising - give a somewhat different reaction, as evidenced by a webcam stream:
10.51pm: The UN Security Council is putting together a final statement on Libya, but Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler commented on a first draft he had seen, saying it contained "nothing unpredictable".
Heidler said the draft statement condemned the violence used, it urged investigations, and it advised foreign nationals to leave Libya if they so wished. Details of the final statement will follow.
10.43pm: Disturbances rocking Libya have killed 300 people, including 58 soldiers, according to figures provided at the venue of a press conference to be given by Gaddafi's son, the AFP news agency reports.
10.39pm: The Reuters news agency reports that Saif Gaddafi is to give a press conference in Tripoli. We will cover it on our site. Watch here.
10.30pm: After growing unrest and violent crackdowns in Libya, a group of hackers has launched a way navigate the censors and route information to those affected in the north African nation. Red more here.
10.29pm: While Libyan state TV shows footage of a pro-Gaddafi rally somewhere in the country, our colleagues over at Al Jazeera Arabic have just screened very different footage - of the crowd's reaction to Gaddafi's speech in the eastern city of Benghazi. The shoe-throwing starts 12 seconds in...
10.27pm: The emergency UN Security Council meeting on Libya has just begun in New York.
10.22pm: In his telephone call with Gaddafi, Italy's Berlusconi urged a peaceful solution to the political crisis in Libya and told the embattled leader Italy was not arming protesters as was stated in his speech earlier on Tuesday, Italian news agency ANSA said.
10.11pm: Libya's defected interior minister has urged the Libyan army to join the people and respond to their "legitimate demands" echoing the language used by defecting Egyptian military leaders before the fall of president Hosni Mubarak.
10:04pm: "Gaddafi's No.2" Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan minister of interior and army general - resigns. More to come.
10.00pm: Gaddafi spoke to Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi via telephone, telling him that Libya is fine and the truth about events in the country are being shown on state media.
"The brother leader reassured during (the) telephone conversation the friend Berlusconi that 'Libya is fine, its people are ... holding on to its security, stability and national unity'," the official JANA news agency said.
9.56pm: Cal Perry adds that Italian air force sent jet fighters to establish visual contact with Libyan warship reportedly floating in Maltese waters.
9.55pm: Reporting in Malta, Al Jazeera's Cal Perry said employees of the Libyan embassy there joined protesters demonstrating outside on Tuesday. "We are seeing this government dissolve in its overseas postings," he noted.
9.47pm: Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, says he has telephoned Muammar Gaddafi to express his solidarity with the embattled leader.
9:39pm: Business leaders appear to be ready and waiting to move into a post-Gaddafi Libya. George Kanaan, CEO of the Arab Bankers Association in London, says reform will be "hugely positive" for the country - unlike Egypt, which already had a fairly open and "liberal" economy, change in Libya will encourage massive outside investment. he'll be appearing on Al Jazeera soon. Watch here.
9.34pm: "This bloodshed is completely unacceptable," Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state said about the events in Libya, adding that it was the responsibility of governments to protect their citizens.
She also expressed concern over the violence in Yemen. Clinton urged middle eastern governments to "engage peacefully and positively" with their people in achieving desired ends.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives have been lost," she said.
9.21pm: Never mind The King's Speech - we've just had The King of King's speech... Check out this analysis of Gaddafi's speech by Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior policy analyst.
9.20pm: In case you missed it, a chilling warning from Gaddafi as he reads from his copy of the Green Book.
9.16pm: The Toronto Globe and Mail has produced an interesting graphic showing Gaddafi’s influence across Africa. Check it out by clicking here. Al Jazeera can’t be held responsible for the content of external websites.
9.00pm: Online reports say Benghazi "remains calm" despite claims it is being shelled by warships. Stay tuned to our live TV feed for reports and analysis. If you're in the UK, we're live on Freeview right now - and, if you're in the US, don't forget you can Demand Al Jazeera from your local cable provider.
8.55pm: Anoushka Kurkjian, a Middle East consultant told Al Jazeera the address was "a typical Gaddafi speech". She said "Gaddafi's resiliance is not in doubt" and it can't be ruled out that he will stay in power for as long as he can.
She added: "The structures of the state are disintegrating. There is that shift from Gaddafi towards an alternitive, but that hasn't yet taken shape."
Regarding the Arab League expelling Libya, she said "The Arab League has been muted by saying that it's suspending Libya. If the death toll does mount, reactions will become more thoughtful."
8:46pm: Anita McNaught, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Istanbul, says, contrary to earlier agency reports, some Turkish flights were able to land in Tripoli and evacuate some Turkish citizens. So far, 2,141 Turks have been airlifted home - though more than 23,000 remain stuck in Libya.
A pair of Seacat ferries have still not docked, but "are close to Benghazi" - though there is no guarantee they will be able to dock there. At least 3,000 Turks are reportedly waiting in a nearby sports stadium. Two further ferries remain on standby, one of which filled with medical supplies, she says.
8:45pm: German chancellor Angela Merkel says Gaddafi's speech was "very, very frightening" - and she is in favour of sanctions against his administration. Further international reactions currently emerging include Chile speaking of its "extreme concern for the evolution of the political situation and the use of force in Libya".
8:42pm More on US senator John Kerry's statement - during which he said Gaddafi's actions were "beyond despicable". Libya's "use of deadly force against its own people should mean the end of the regime itself. It's beyond despicable, and I hope we are witnessing its last hours in power." He said all international oil companies "should immediately cease operations in Libya until violence against civilians ceases".
United Nations leadership is on the line. Libya's mission to the UN bravely condemned their own government. Now UN action is critical.
8.40pm Libya's UN ambassador tells reporters:
8.38pm: Al Jazeera's Lawrence Lee filed this report about Tuesday's events in Libya:I spoke to him [Gaddafi]. I told him: "Muammar, we are getting old, let's give our children a chance." He said: "We give our children plenty of chances." I told him: My children are not with us, they want change." He said: "My children want change, too."
8.34pm: Al Jazeera's White House correspondent Patty Culhane noted that Barack Obama has himself been silent about Libya for a few days, even though he had made public statements during Egypt's similar unrest.
8.32pm: John Kerry, a US politician, called the Libyan government's use of force "beyond dispicable". He called on Barack Obama to reconsider sanctions against Libya, and said he hoped these were Gaddafi's last hours in power.
Kerry said the international community must send a message to Gaddafi that his "cowardly actions will have consequences".
8:29pm: PJ Crowley, US department of state spokesman, calls on Libya to respect rights of the "thousands" of US citizens in the country. He said the White House has "grave concerns" over the Libyan government's response to protests.
8.27pm: Videos emerge on file-sharing website LiveLeak of mobs lynching two people, understood to be mercenaries operating in Libya. Also, a video appears of a demonstrator shot in the head by a sniper.
8.24pm: UNHCR - the UN's refugee agency - says it is "gravely concerned" or the safety and security of asylum seekers and refugees in Libya.
8.22pm: William Hague, British foreign minister, said there are many indications that Gaddafi's government is headed towards collapse, with diplomats resigning and the government in crisis. He says theHMS Cumberland, a Type 22 frigate warship, will be deployed to international waters off the Libyan coast - "in case it is required to play a role assisting British nationals".
8.20pm: The Brazilian government called on Libyans to seek a solution to the crisis through dialogue and reiterated its repudiation to the use of violence.
8.18pm: Oliver Miles, the former British Ambassador to Libya, told Al Jazeera Gaddafi's speech was "meant to make our blood run cold". He said he would not rule out Gaddafi sticking it out to the very end.
8.15pm: Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal at Sidi Barani, a town on the Egyptian side of the border with Libya, said Egyptians were still returning home. He also said doctors carrying blood and other medical aid were crossing the border carrying supplies over into Libya.
8.11pm: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called Gaddafi's speech "very very frightening" and said he had declared war on his own people..
8.08pm: The Arab League put out an official statement condemning the events in Libya, but Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reported from Cairo that leading Egyptian political figure Mohamed ElBaradei said he was disappointed that the League did not take a stronger stand against the injustices.
8.02pm: In his defiant speech, Gaddafi said he will "cleanse Libya house by house" if protesters did not surrender.
7.59pm: Libyan state television is still showing pictures of government supporters following Gaddafi's speech:
7:57pm: Libya is suspended, immediately, from the Arab League. More details to follow.
7:51pm: We're expecting a closed UN meeting at 8pm GMT. Any UN member can attend - and the plan is/was for Libya's Deputy Ambassador to also give a briefing. However, the surprise appearance of Libya's ambassador - who has been remarkably absent in the past few days - at late notice could cause a problem, our UN correspondent tells us.
UN protocol suggests they would have to defer to the ambassador for a briefing, whose position is in sharp contrast to the deputy ambassador, who told us yesterday that Gaddafi should face trial. Ambassador Abdel Rahman Shalgam to an earlier press conference:
I am with Gaddafi but I want the bloodshed to stop. I am not calling on him to step down. If one Libyan has been killed - not ten or 20 - but one- this is a crime. Gaddafi is brave, he will make a decision. There is confusion - I have spoken to a relative in Libya and there has been no airbombing.
7.49pm: Reports from our contacts on the ground tell us military vehicles and helicopters are headed toward towns outside Tripoli. Jeeps started rolling immediately the speech ended, we understand.
7.46pm: Gaddafi called on "all those who love Gaddafi" to come out and demonstrate in his support tomorrow. State TV shows uhge crowds waving green flags and holding pictures of Gaddafi. Much as with the YouTube videos we've been sent over the past few days, with limited media access to the country, there's no way to independently verify when or where the pictures were recorded.
7.44pm: More reports emerging of protesters, quite literally, torn limb from limb durnig the past few days.
7.34pm: In case you missed it - the backdrop to Gaddafi's speech - a piece of artwork showing a clenched fist crushing a US fighter jet, in front of the words "Allahu Akbar" [God is the greatest].
7.30pm: After the EU suspends its Libya Framework Ageement, and amid international condemnation of Gaddafi, where is President Obama? Rosalind Jordan, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Washington DC explains:
You didn't need the translation to see how much Gaddafi was trying to blame this on the US, among others. So the White House doesn't want to make any public speeeches - they're very aware of how that could be seen across the country.
Gaddafi asked, in his speech: 'Do you want the Americans to come and occupy you like in Afghanistan and Iraq?' If the president weighs in now, the Libyan authorities may well use that against the protesters.
US senator John Kerry wants the UN to step in - and for the African Union to investigae alleged use of mercenaries.
7.29pm: Analyst Ashur Shamis tells Al Jazeera: "There is no doubt Gaddafi will follow through on his threats against the people of Libya." Looking over the past 24hours of our Live Blog updates, we've had some incredibly violent reports already.
7.27pm: Following Gaddafi's speech, online reports of gunfire being heard throughout Tripoli.
7.25pm: Earlier on Tuesday, Al Jazeera spoke to Yasmine, a Libyan student in the UAE. She said she had spoken to a friend who lives in Benghazi:
As we were speaking, she said there was an old lady that just walked out onto her balcony that was immediately shot at and died. She didn't do anything, she didn't protest, she didn't even open her mouth and she was shot immediately.
People are very very scared and they are still out in the streets protesting because everybody is angry and they are fed up and they want a change and they don't want this guy to lead the country anymore, neither him or his sons, nobody wants them anymore.
They have been suffering for 43 years in silence. this is out of fear and now they have had enough. They are angry they are willing to risk everything, their lives, absolutely everything to get this guy out of the country.
7.21pm: Ashur Shamis a Libyan journalist told Al Jazeera that Gaddafi will go down fighting. He saidthere was no way the Libyan people would take note of Gaddafi's speech. "I don't think people are frightened anymore, but those were serious threats of force," he said.
In his speech, Gaddafi said "when they are prosecuted they will be begging for mercy".
7.19pm: All eyes are now on the Libyan military. Will we see another situation as we did in Egypt? Tonight?
7.18pm: He offered a new constitution, to be put in place from tomorrow. Offers the pople "whatever form of government they want".
7.16pm His main point was an attempt to blame "drugged youth" and foreign imperialists. He used the chilling example of the 1989 massacre at Tianenman Square: "The integrity of China was more important than those in Tianenmen Square.
7.14pm So, he's not stepping down - and will "die a martyr", he says.
7.12pm: Gaddafi's speech has finally finished. He gets his hand kissed by a loyalist and waves to what appears to be about half a dozen senior officers still listening. State TV now showing thousands of people cheering...
7.07pm: Talking about Gaddafi's address on state television, Ibrahim Jibreel, a Libyan political analyst told Al Jazeera "we just watched a lunatic rant and rave for the last hour and a half".
"There was no substance to this [speech].. There was really no message to this besides the threats".
"The interesting thing is that Libya has no constitution but he has threatened the death penalty for people who fail to follow the constituion," Jibreel said.
6.55pm: Carlos Latuff posted this image of "courageous Libyan people" on Twitpic:
6.52pm: Britain said it planned to send a charter plane to Libya to bring out British nationals and was dispatching a Royal Navy frigate to waters off Libya in case it was needed to help Britons.
6.50pm: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Tuesday said he was "horrified by the explosion of violence" in Libya.
6.48pm: Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Tunisia that 4000 people crossed the border at Ras Jedir on Tuesday, according to Tunisian border police, the majority of them Tunisians.
6.45pm Social networks were a-buzz during Gaddafi's speech on state television. Here are some responses recorded on Twitter:
Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy
The "head of the Popular Revolution" is being overthrown by the real Popular Revolution in #Libya. I love it. #Gaddafi desperation beautiful
Jeel Ghathub @Libyan4life
#Gaddafi doesn't mean dignity
sunnkaa @sunnkaa
#gaddafi wants civil war. he wants #libyans to kill libyans
Shadi Hamid @shadihamid
If there was any doubt before, there is no longer: Qaddafi has unequivocally declared intention to massacre his own ppl #Libya
Libyan Dude @ChangeInLibya
Guys, can you see the irony? What he's telling people to do is what is being done AGAINST HIM... What a madman... #libya #feb17
Ali Abunimah @avinunu
We can laugh, but never forget this is a sinister man who is threatening Libyans with even more massacres if they don't do his bidding.
6.20pm: In his second television address since the start of the current unrest, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he will not leave Libya and will die a martyr. He criticised 'Arab media', saying it painted an insulting picture of Libyans.
Gaddafi says Libya has resisted Britain and the US previously, and it will not surrender now.
He also said:
Muammar Gaddafi is not the president, he is the leader of the revolution. He has nothing to lose. Revolution means sacrifice until the very end of your life
We challenge America with its mighty power, we challenge even the superpower
Muammar Gaddafi is not a normal person that you can poison.. or lead a revolution against
I will fight until the last drop of blood with the people behind me
I haven't even started giving the orders to use bullets - any use of force against authority of state will be sentenced to death
They are just imitating Egypt and Tunisia
Protesters want to turn Libya into an Islamic state
If you love Muammar Gaddafi you will go out and secure Libya's streets
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5.59pm: Muammar Gaddafi gives a speech on Libyan State Television:
Watch Al Jazeera's Livestream for more.
5.49pm: Qassem Najaa, a former Libyan airforce colonel, tells Al Jazeera that the country's army has been oppressed by Gaddafi for years, and is now turning against him.
5.39pm: Germany's foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, says international sanctions against Libya will be inevitable if the country's regime continues to put down protests violently.
5.32pm: Libyan soldiers in Tobruk told Reuters news agency that protesters are now in control of the city.
This map, posted on yfrog apparently shows other areas under citizen control:
5.28pm: Libyan anti-government protesters from across the UK have gathered outside Downing St in London. Protesters are angrily calling for Gaddafi to step down. One protester, Mohamed Maklouf, commented on the "hypocricy" of the West:
They don't care about the Arabs, they don't care about the Libyans, they only care about the oil."
5.17pm Al Jazeera's Cal Perry reports from Malta that the Italian navy is monitoring a Libyan naval vessel stalled in waters just off the coast of Malta. There are possible allegations that the vessel may have defected. More details are being sought.
"Malta has become a departure point and entry point for people trying to flee Tripoli [Libya's capital]," Perry said, "As the situation develops, it's also becoming a place perhaps where we'll see more and more Libyan officials coming here to defect, because it's just geographically close."
5.08pm The Italian Foreign minister has condemned the events in Libya, saying: "I strongly deplore, all violence against the demonstrators and the deaths of civilians in Libya".
I call for, as does the Council of the European Union, an immediate end to the use of force against the demonstrators. And I underscore that the Libyan authorities must respond, through dialogue, to the legitimate aspirations and demands for reform voiced by the people. A dialogue that must be open, full, significant and national, and which must lead to a constructive future for the country and for its people.
The country's defence minister, Ignazio La Russa, has also denied the news reported on some blogs and social networking sites of alleged raids by Italian fighter planes in Libya. He said:
I can deny the allegations in the firmest manner. Somebody is clearly not aware of the ethics of the Italian Government and Armed Forces
4.58pm: Ibrahim Jibreel, a Libyan political analyst, spoke told Al Jazeera the international community needs to take active steps in protecting the rights of the Libyan people.
"[Gaddafi] needs to feel the heat from the international community in one way or another," he said.
He added that a no-fly zone around Libya was a good thing, but it was not enough. "We need troops on the ground to protect the people, and also to record what is happening on the ground."
4.52pm: Libya's side of the border with Egypt is in the hands of anti-government protesters. Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal at Sidi Barani, a town on the Egyptian side of the border reports that hundreds of Egyptians living in Libya continue to flee the country.
4.44pm Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is expected to speak shortly. Watch Al Jazeera's Livestream for more.
4.25pm Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, spoke to Al Jazeera about the recent events in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, saying:
The events in each country have been up to the people of that country ...
From the standpoint of determining their own future, of meeting their needs in the future, that is principally up to the people in each country".
He added:
The US, as every country throughout the world, would look to how to engage to see how we can support this kind of change in a way that is meaningful, but it is up to the people of the country to make the decisions about their own future.
4.11pm Twitter user Carlos Latuff posted this image of Gaddafi "drowning in the blood of martyrs" on Twitpic:
3.50pm Mona Rishmawi, legal adviser to UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, told Al Jazeera they were extrememly concerned by allegations of the use of "hired guns" against civillian protesters in Libya. She said intergovernmental bodies must show a united front and send a clear message that what is going on in Libya must stop right now.
Rishmawi added:
Any measures taken to protect the civillians in Libya are very important at this stage ... if there are planes, if there are snipers, if there are civillians being killed indiscriminately.. it has to stop.
... Allegations of gross violations of human rights, allegations of crimes against humanity are extremely serious.. I think it is very important for this situtaion to stop now.
3.40pm The Arab League is to hold an emergency meeting in Cairo on Tuesday, to discuss the unrest in Libya. Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros, reporting from Cairo, said Amr Moussa, the League's secretary-general, expressed concern about recent events, saying the Libyan people have a right to sk for regime change.
The Arab League is made up of leaders from other countries, some of which are also experiencing unrest, including Yemen, Algeria and Bahrain. Tadros noted:
It will be interesting to see exactly how they word that bit of the statement regarding regime change.
3.38pm Sources have told Al Jazeera that the bombing from warplanes on Monday had targeted ammunition depots in Libya. The aim was to apparently stop protesters getting hold of weapons.
3.26pm Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan, reporting from Washington DC, said there is "widespread horror among the Libyan diplomatic core" about what is currently happeninig in the country, with many resigning and some even calling the government's actions "genocide".
Speaking about the resigned diplomats, Jordan said:
Certainly while they have been stepping aside from their official government roles, it is not clear whether or not they would be able to have any impact on events inside Libya, because if they are saying they now represent the people and not the Gaddafi government, it may very well be difficult for them to try to mobilise any sort of action on behalf of the people, other than from the images we have been seeing on television
3.01pm Libya's ambassador to the United States has resigned from what he calls a "dictatorship" regime.
The Reuters news agency reported amabssador Ali Aujali, speaking to ABC’s “Good Morning America,” saying:
Let me start by saying that I resign from serving the current dictatorship regime, but I will never resign from serving our people until their voices reach the whole world, until their goals are achieved
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