Libyans

Are they willing to feed and sustain Libyans holed up in those areas through such a prolonged stalemate?

In one of his last speeches, made weeks after Tripoli fell and he was a fugitive, he exhorted Libyans to defeat the uprising.

The thaw with the West lasted until Libyans rose up in mid-February against the persistence of a corrupt police state at home.

if you think getting rid of Gaddafi was hard, wait till you see what happens when Libyans try to get rid of NATO.

And just as this seeming fact of nature disheartened many Libyans, it bred a sense of untouchability in the dictator and his children.

The UN has called for a "temporary cessation of hostilities" to allow it to evacuate foreign workers and Libyans who want to leave.

A year after that, Libyans should hold their first multiparty elections for a proper parliament.

Rebel leaders appeared to be looking to avoid calling for airstrikes against fellow Libyans.

Behind the confusing veil of peoples' committees, the reality was that Libyans were denied any meaningful role in politics.

Libyans who until a few weeks earlier had coexisted peacefully, if resentfully, with their ruler now believed him capable of any evil.

For just as it was Libyans who tore down the old order, it will be Libyans who build their new nation.

In Geneva on Monday she said, "Nothing is off the table so long as the Libyan Government continues to threaten and kill Libyans. "

He added that he did not approve of Libyans' decision to release video of the death.

Jalil says the nation must work for the abolishment of hatred and of jealousy and he urged Libyans to avoid revenge and oppression.

Though not yet ready to recognise them as the Libyans' legitimate government (as the French already have), it is edging in this direction.

I just photocopied my drawings for a couple of friends, and suddenly I got letters from Libyans in the United States or Egypt.

And on that August day -- after all that sacrifice, after 42 long years -- it was Libyans who pushed their dictator from power.

We have no objection to a ceasefire but on condition that Libyans in western cities have full freedom in expressing their views. . .

Formally speaking, all Libyans are under a legal obligation -- imposed by the U. N. Security Council -- to cooperate with the ICC.

Further, Qaddafi's successors might be much worse than he was in terms of mistreating Libyans and threatening American interests.

We want to be treated as 100 percent Libyans, not as a minority, and not as if we were faking being Libyan.

Most Libyans see the 42 years of the colonel's rule as an ordeal to be erased from memory.

The administration already is taking steps to help the thousands of Libyans fleeing the bloodshed.

At least once a decade, Colonel Qaddafi fomented shocking violence that terrorized Libyans.

I have been studying Libya since this uprising started and i can't shake off the feeling that Libyans may have been ungrateful to Gaddafi.

In a message broadcast on Tuesday, Col Gaddafi vowed to remain in the country "dead or alive" , and said Libyans would defeat their enemies.

In both cases, the Libyans merely had to hint that contracts with American or European firms might be reviewed or torn up.

Economic liberalisation has only highlighted what Libyans are missing out on.

Ali Abdsalaam is among the many ordinary Libyans who want to see justice for the leader he calls a tyrant.

Though the war is not yet over, Libyans are already debating how Gaddafi's foes had managed to so overestimate the power of the revolt.

Many Libyans did very nicely out of the regime, at the price of unyielding loyalty to the "brother leader" .

The vessel was expected to evacuate 1, 000 migrant workers and wounded Libyans, but had to leave 200 people behind due to the attack.

He says it is important that Libyans return to a normal way of life, and it is for that reason that those assets must be released.

8 September: Denying claims he had fled to Niger, he said Libyans working with Nato were "scumbags" .

The only thing Libyans ask is to let us be.

And it's not as if the Libyans he's with are super-professional soldiers. But they're fighting for their freedom and their lives.

He returned to Libya to a hero's welcome from Gaddafi and many Libyans, sparking condemnation by the the US and the UK, among others.

Like other defected diplomats, he says he is receiving support from fellow Libyans abroad, as he assists the opposition government.

Few Libyans in the east seem to care whether Western boots are on the ground.

For the time being, most Libyans in the rebel zone seem willing to give the skeleton administration a chance.

First he denied anything was amiss; all Libyans loved him, he said.

He could not command loyalty except from non-Libyans (mercenaries) and thus undermined his own sovereignty.

Pray for revival to break out amongst the Libyans and that the Kingdom of God will be established in this land.

Libyans have shown extraordinary courage, and some members of the military may also be turning against the regime.

Libyans too looked askance at his doling out of billions in their country's oil revenue to foreigners.

Most employed Libyans I spoke with said they made only a few hundred dollars each month.

Libyans from outside Misrata need special permission to enter the town unless they slip in with a foreign journalist.

Remaining defiant, Gaddafi earlier had made two audio addresses over state television calling on Libyans to fight off the rebels.

The head of Libya's interim government is calling on Libyans to strive for a civil, democratic state.

"Libyans expect to work behind a desk in air-conditioning, not in a hot oven, " shrugs a weary customer.

The Libyans did not admit guilt, however.

Gadhafi insisted 'all Libyans be given a chance to talk among themselves' to determine the country's future.

Libyans can be found with banners declaring "Merci Sarkozy" but the French seem less immediately appreciative.

Other Libyans fear that the lawlessness which inevitably accompanies civil war may spark terrorism and anarchy, as in Somalia.

Eastern Libyans now have plenty of opportunities to let off steam.

So too the spell which he once cast over Libyans with his fraudulent "universal theory" .

The Libyans have been denied entry into the visa-free zone, set up by the Schengen agreement which includes Switzerland.

Across much of the Muslim world, Ramadan began on Thursday, although Libyans and Nigerians began the fast one day before.

I've never been aggressive to anyone and have always wanted the best for all Libyans in the past and also for the future.

The only real ambition for many Libyans was to stay out of the hands of the dictator's notorious security police and find a job abroad.

Few Libyans say openly that they back Mr Belhaj, but he is impressing people by clamping down on unregistered guns.

Libyans filled the streets in jubilation and leaders worldwide issued impassioned statements as the brutal regime came to an end.

Still, Libyans erupted in joy. Horns blared and celebratory gunfire burst into the air in Tripoli.

In the vast desert to the south of the coastal strip where more than 90% of Libyans reside, there may be pockets of resistance.

Let Libyans celebrate the ex-dictator's demise anyway; they've earned the right to do so.

As the leadership of the TNC has made clear, the rights of all Libyans must be respected.

In Tripoli, Libyans leaders also vowed to track down the attackers and stressed their unity with Washington.

Thousands of Libyans also celebrated in the streets of Benghazi, the rebels' de facto capital in the east.

According to Roberts, many Libyans do not believe the prosecutors' story anymore.

In cities and towns across the country, Libyans took to the streets to claim their basic human rights.

What is also likely is that the Libyans will not be able to manage the situation about to emerge on their own.

Libyans just joined Tunisians, Egyptians and Yemenis in ousting their dictator, while Syrians and Iranians hope to soon follow suit.

Gadhafi's rise to power, he broadcast a defiant new speech calling on Libyans to take up arms in his defense. Col.

In advance of the Rice-Shalgam meeting, human rights groups appealed to the State Department to press the issue with the Libyans .

After that, Libyans have not been able to buy a single printed word concerning the revolt in their country.

On balance, the first would be preferable: the more responsibility Libyans take for their future, the better.

Like many other Libyans who'd spent much of their lives abroad, he arrived back brimming with energy and ideas.

Within an hour of the news of Colonel Qaddafi's death, Libyans were celebrating.

Efforts are continuing to evacuate more injured Libyans and migrant workers from the besieged city of Misrata on Libya's western coast.

"You see how Libyans are living here, " said my guide, Emat al-Maijri, an activist, pointing to the buildings.

The regime isn't relying only on its security forces to stamp out any effort by Libyans to emulate Tunisia and Egypt.

But they were hit almost immediately by militiamen, a mix of Libyans and foreign mercenaries.

It is important to remember that Libyans began their protests peacefully, marching across the country to demand Col Gaddafi's departure.

Many Libyans were held in two large concentration camps: one in Suluq, a dusty town near Benghazi, and the other in the sands of Al Uqaylah.

But reporters were also quizzed by Libyans who picked up on the talk about Islamic extremists hijacking the revolution.

The furious Libyans then abruptly barred entry to all Schengen-area citizens (some 400m of them) and slapped a trade boycott on Switzerland.

The Libyans sent weapons and advisers, and occupied part of the north until expelled by the French in 1987.

A rebel leader is asking Libyans not to take revenge as worry mounts over massacre sites.

Not strictly in line with procedure, but an indication of the faith Libyans showed for the process.

The Telegraph web site showed local Libyans inspecting the charred wreckage of the plane.

We have been waiting, as Libyans, for this historic moment. Gaddafi has been killed.

In the end, Moammar Gadhafi, the young army officer of nomadic parents, who touted himself as a unifier, unified many Libyans against him.

At the time, we all laughed: before the revolution, we Libyans thought of ourselves as rats.

Just before the air strikes, Libyans were crossing the border into Egypt at seven times the normal rate.

France and Britain want a no-fly zone, but Germany, deaf to the pleas of Libyans, sees only risks and entanglement.

The US told the Libyans it wants Megrahi to be held under house arrest.

Libyans are not seeking such foreign intervention - this is their fight, which they are prepared to sacrifice for and win.

The Arab League, the UN Security Council and countless Libyans have all endorsed the Western assault on Libya.

But some Libyans believe he is too much of an outsider, too American.

When rebel forces entered the Libyan capital of Tripoli Sunday night, many Libyans celebrated.

Most allies in turn stressed that the Libyans were in charge.

A Dutch boy was the sole known survivor, the Libyans say.

We want to be as inclusive of all forces, we believe that Libya belongs to all Libyans.

"It was bad, bad, bad dream for the Libyans, " Yemeni explained.

So every nation represented here today can take pride in the innocent lives we saved and in helping Libyans reclaim their country.

During the revolution, Libyans have been largely united in efforts to overthrow the man who ruled them harshly for 42 years.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says Libyans will take up against Western nations if they move to impose a no-fly zone over the country.

Libyans were quick to condemn any possible escape of their former leader or his supporters.

Other financial industry veterans forged links with the Libyans before the recent fighting started.

Muslim cleric Sameh Jaber led prayers in the square, telling worshippers that Libyans "have revolted against injustice. "

When the leader's spirit left his body, it secured a new birth for Libyans, urging them toward freedom, dignity and independence.

One of the founders of the Libyan Amazigh Youth Assembly, Said Henshir, says Berbers, like all Libyans, live in freedom now.

We urge them to now show restraint in these final hours and respect for all Libyans in the days and months to come.

As Libyans flood Muammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya military compound in Tripoli, they're making a number of interesting finds.

The bodies of Libyans killed in the rebel push for Tripoli still lie in the streets outside Moammar Gadhafi's former headquarters compound.

In fact, some Libyans unable to write on walls outside are now doing it inside.

Libyans largely praise NATO pilots for their accuracy, dismissing tales of civilian casualties as propaganda.

It was he who constructed it. He has transferred Libyans from camelbacks into cars.

Many of these Libyans who fought in Iraq have returned home 'with their skills honed, ' he added.

Seventy-nine percent of Libyans have lived their entire lives under Gadhafi's rule.

Recent developments have given many Libyans who had fled the fighting hope that it is safe to return home.

A report on state-run Libyan television said 17 of the 41 people on board were Libyans and the others were foreigners.

Libyans kissed the ground in gratitude for what some called a "blessed day. "

With the Internet shut down, Libyans crossed the border for access.

So as Libyans rightly seek justice for past crimes, let it be done in a spirit of reconciliation, and not reprisals and violence.

But for many Libyans, each day is still a struggle -- to recover from their wounds, reunite with their families, and return to their homes.

Still, like most Libyans awaiting the collapse or survival of Gaddafi's 41-year regime, their fate hangs in the balance.

Nor was he so absurd as to claim that the Libyans already enjoyed democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

Witnesses at the Egyptian border post of Salloum saw scores of Libyans, including women and children, who had entered Egypt.

But the Libyans are far ahead of where the US was when the initial fighting ended in Iraq.

Finally, Libyans can breathe easier knowing this monstrous and unpredictable figure is gone from their lives.

Libyans on the ground should be invited to propose names too.

Once he demanded that all Libyans raise chickens to promote self-sufficiency, even deducting the costs of cages from their wages.

He will seize the treasures of gold and silver and all precious objects of Egypt. Libyans and Ethiopians will join him.

In short, Libya's new authorities are insisting that Libyans must own the process of liberation.

Libyans embrace as people gather to celebrate the entrance of the rebels into Tripoli, in Benghazi, on Aug.

Most Libyans scoff at the notion that al-Qaeda may gain a foothold.

Mourners react during the funeral of Libyans killed by forces loyal to Moammar Khadafy, in Benghazi March 21.

Leaving the Libyans to do thaided is admittedly a risk, but the odds are on the rebels' side.

But many Libyans who lived under Italy's domination find it difficult to forget.

Libyans gather to celebrate the entrance of the rebels into Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya, on Aug.

We are in awe of the courageous Libyans who pressed their fight.

Libyans fleeing the conflict with their families and crossing the border into Niger.

Until that day, many young Libyans saw no future in their own country.

Now this is in a book over 25 years ago. It mentions the French fighting the Libyans. This is happening RIGHT NOW.

Libyans celebrate as rebels reach the highly symbolic Green Square in the center of Tripoli on August 22, 2011.

Libyans would grow to rue the day Gaddafi took over.

And as Libyans forge a society that is truly just, let it enshrine the rights and role of women at all levels of society.

In their zeal to show that an era has ended, some Libyans have removed licence plates from their cars.

The IOM has recently evacuated nearly 1, 600 migrants and vulnerable Libyans by boat from Tripoli.

Libyans, they say, should be left to submit to the colonel or kill him off, as best they can.

As during the revolt, most heavy lifting now will be done by Libyans.

It will be for the Libyans to plot their own future.

The end of Gaddafi's regime will be a new beginning not just for Libyans domestically, but also for their country's foreign relations.

Mr. Ghadafi and the Libyans acquired their technical expertise, weapons design and so forth from Mr. A. Q. Khan, Pakistan.

He also said it is time for Libyans to build a new, united Libya.

For years Libyans lived in fear of the security apparatus, which was determined to weed out any hints of defiance.

For example, the NOC stipulated that foreign companies had to hire Libyans for top jobs.

I'm not sure he speaks for all Libyans, but you get the picture.

Yet Libyans have a lot going for them.

The main factor slowing the rebel advance is no longer a lack of will or capability, but the desire to spare Libyans more bloodshed

He warned, "At the suitable time, we will open the arms depot so all Libyans and tribes become armed, so that Libya becomes red with fire. "

Benghazi, Libya: Libyans carry the body of a victim of the violence during a funeral procession

He had much to answer for: both at home, where thousands of Libyans were tortured and executed under his despotic rule;

This is our country. The Libyans are our people.

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