Here is a news roundup for Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and other countries for Tuesday, February 22. Also check out NewsFlick’s Middle East Situation Update: 22nd Feb
[Previously: Feb. 20; Feb. 21]
Live blogs:
- Live Blog - Bahrain | AJE
- Live Blog - Libya | AJE
- Live Blog - Libya | LibyaFeb17.com
- Live Blog - Middle East protests | CNN
- Live blog - Libya | Telegraph
- Live Blog - Libya | Guardian
- EAWorldview Live Blog
- Mapping Pro-Democracy Protests in Libya | Google Maps
- Blogs of War: Algeria, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen (realtime results from Twitter + AJE live stream)
- Twitter network of protests | Guardian (h/t thepoliticalnotebook)
Gaddafi’s speech (VIDEO):
- Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5. (uploaded by TelLieVision1; a portion is missing, but total time of these videos runs 52 minutes)
Analysis of Gaddafi’s speech:
- BBC (VIDEO)
- Christian Science Monitor
- Guardian
- Associated Press
- And a lingering question from the TPM Editor’s Blog
- This is Gaddafi’s famous ‘Green Book’, which he brandished during his speech(h/t garik)
Libya:
- Qaddafi’s Grip on the Capital Tightens as Revolt Grows | NY Times
- Has Gaddafi unleashed a mercenary force on Libya? | Guardian
- As Libya burns, both Qaddafi and Protesters Dig In | The Atlantic
- Gaddafi’s Next Move: Sabotage Oil and Sow Chaos? TIME
- Will Moammar Gadhafi Step Aside? Libya’s Leader Appears Defiant | ABC News
- Peter Goodspeed: Libyan celebrity despot has a taste for bloodshed | National Post
- INFOGRAPHIC: Uprising in Libya | National Post
- Libyan cargo ports close due to violence: sources | Reuters
- Italian oil giant ENI suspends gas shipments from Libya | Washington Post
- Libya: Why the oil market is nervous | CNN Money
- Wikileaks on Gadhafi: Very Strange, Very Wily | ABC News
- Drumbeat for Sanctions on Libya Begins | Corruption Currents, WSJ
- Meet The Amazonian Guard – Gaddafi’s All-Female Security Force | Mediaite
- Gaddafi, Gadhafi, Qaddafi? Will the real Kadhafi spelling please stand up? | Washington Post
- Operation “Libya White Fax” (via dorkery)
- VIDEO: Gaddafi remains defiant | AJE
- AUDIO: After Day of Bloody Protest, Gadhafi Firm on Staying | PRI’s The Takeaway
What Officials Say - Libya:
- Libyan Interior Minister Abdel Fattah Younes al Abidi announces defection, supports “February 17 revolution” | JPost
- UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting on the events in Libya, condemns violence against civilians in Libya | CNN
- Sec. of State Hillary Clinton addresses the events in Libya and Bahrain
- Press briefing with State Dept. spokesman Crowley on violence in Libya
- UK Prime Minister David Cameron: History is sweeping through Middle East | BBC
- French President Nicholas Sarkozy condemns the ‘unacceptable use of force against Libyans’ | Reuters AlertNet
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel responds to Gaddafi’s speech: ‘very, very frightening’ | Reuters
- Qatari prime minister Hamad bin Jassim Jabr Al-Thani: “We don’t accept using force in this way or any way against the people or against any nation from their governments” | IslamWeb
- Fidel Castro says US plans NATO invasion of Libya | AP
- Arab League suspends Libya from its sessions | Al-Jazeera/Haaretz
Bahrain:
- Bahrain king releases political prisoners | Telegraph
- Protests continue in Bahrain as Shiite leader calls for end of monarchy | Washington Post
- Bahrainis protest peacefully in capital | Washington Post
- Dim View of US Posture Toward Bahraini Shiites is Described | NY Times
- AUDIO: Will Bahrain’s Royal Family Outlast Protests? | NPR
- VIDEO: Thousands protest in Bahrain | CNN
- PHOTO: ‘Leading to #Lulu’ - @RedhaHaji
Yemen:
- Thousands of Protesters Take to Streets in Hadramout | Yemen Post
- Yemen President Saleh: People ‘the Only Guarantor’ on Reforms, Foreign Guarantees Unacceptable | Yemen Post
- Yemen protesters clash | Telegraph
- Yemen Ministry Says Iranian Vessel Seized for Entering Waters | Bloomberg
- Yemeni army arrests Al-Qaeda leader | AP
- Among the Thugs of Yemen | The Atlantic
Algeria, China, Iran, Iraq, Morocco:
- Algeria lifts 1992 emergency decree, state news agency says | CNN (h/t newsflick)
- Protest strikes Algeria | AFP
- China may lock-down on social networking sites to avoid revolution | LA Times
- China launches new state-run search engine | CNET
- Iranian warships travel through Suez Canal | Telegraph
- It’s Iran, not Israel, stupid! | JPost
- Ahead of ‘Day of Rage,’ Iraqis Have Mixed Demands | NY Times
- Morocco’s Moderate Revolution | Foreign Policy
- Protests in Morocco: Just Don’t Call It a Revolution | TIME
- Thousands of Protesters Take to Streets in Hadramout | Yemen Post
Other good reads:
- Check out Front Pages daily to see how newspapers around the world are (or aren’t) covering protests across the Middle East and North Africa.
- INFOGRAPHIC: Political Unrest in North Africa and Middle East | NY Times
- David Cameron: West was wrong to back dictators | Telegraph
- Europe’s Arab Youth Question Prospects for Revolution in Ancestral Homelands | TIME
- George Sonas: Writing on the wall for Gaddafi | National Post
- It is not wrong to sell arms, says David Cameron as he defends sale of weapons to Middle East | Telegraph
- Egypt Requests Freeze On Mubarak’s Assets | Corruption Currents, WSJ
- Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s 429-page PhD thesis for the London School of Economics, entitled “The Role of Civil Society in The Democratisation of Global Governance Institutions: From ‘Soft Power’ to Collective Decision-Making?” (h/t thepoliticalnotebook)
Resources:
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
