The New Dark Age

22 February, 2011 — creative-i.info

Oil prices surge 5% on Libya unrest
CNNMoney
By Aaron Smith, staff writer February 22, 2011: 12:26 PM ET NEW YORK
(CNNMoney) — Oil prices jumped 5% Tuesday, spiking as high as $98 a barrel
earlier in the session, as the crisis in Libya sparked concern that the
turmoil roiling the Middle East …
money.cnn.com/2011/02/22/markets/oil_libya_markets/

Libya’s Moammar Kadafi vows not to resign, denounces protesters as ‘greasy rats’
Los Angeles Times
By Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times A defiant Libyan strongman Moammar Kadafi
vowed Tuesday not to resign and denounced the anti-government protesters
who have challenged his regime as “greasy rats” and “drug-fueled mice” who
deserve to be executed. …
www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-fg-libya-20110223,0,3300800.story

Gaddafi refuses to leave power, vows to die a ‘martyr’ in Libya
Washington Post
By William Branigin, Sudarsan Raghavan and Leila Fadel Libyan strongman
Moammar Gaddafi on Tuesday rejected efforts to remove him from power,
vowing that he would never leave the North African nation he has ruled for
more than four decades and would …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022203488.html

Fidel Castro says US plans NATO invasion of Libya
The Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro said Tuesday that unrest
in Libya may be a pretext for a NATO invasion. Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega
has jumped to the support of the embattled leader of the North African
nation, saying he telephoned to …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jX_jH-HjLpEJiZT_gh733v6fVD4w?docId=fdadf962156a44bc9e6f673b52daaf49

LIBYA: Maltese ‘selling’ Libyan fighter jets
Los Angeles Times
A prankster in Malta is “auctioning off” the two French-made Libyan fighter
jets that landed on the small island nation Monday on a local classifieds
website called Malta Park. The two pilots have reportedly sought asylum in
Malta after they refused …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/libya-pranks-humor-malta-air-force-.html

Libya uprising sparks sharp stock sell-off
CNNMoney
By Hibah Yousuf, staff reporterFebruary 22, 2011: 12:39 PM ET NEW YORK
(CNNMoney) — Libya’s escalating political crisis sparked a sell-off in US
stocks Tuesday, with all three major indexes at session lows in midsession,
as oil prices continued to …
money.cnn.com/2011/02/22/markets/markets_newyork/

LIBYA: European Union suspends trade agreement
Los Angeles Times
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told Reuters on
Tuesday that the EU was suspending a framework trade agreement it had been
negotiating with Libya. “I deplore the loss of life and I condemn all acts
of violence,” Ashton told …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/libya-european-union-suspends-trade-agreement.html

Eni, Repsol Suspend Some Libya Operations
Wall Street Journal
By LIAM MOLONEY ROME—Eni SpA said Tuesday it had suspended some of its
Libyan production, including the pipeline that supplies about 10% of
Italy’s natural gas needs, as the unrest in the North African country
indicates a worsening of the situation in …
europe.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160361337117814.html

Foreigners making dash out of Libya
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Foreigners are making a run to get out of
volatile Libya, with thousands hustling to the Egyptian border and foreign
governments scrambling to help their citizens. Around 12000 people have
crossed into Egypt from Libya, …
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/22/libya.evacuations/

Obama talks small business in Cleveland — but avoids talking about Libya …
Los Angeles Times
He offered no remarks on the unrest and violence in Libya or the rest of
the Middle East. And though he last week criticized Wisconsin Gov. Scott
Walker for his efforts to strip public employees of their collective
bargaining rights, he did not address …
www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-cleveland-20110223,0,2503118.story

In eastern Libya, citizens buoyant and cautious as they await …
By jasonhanna
Editor’s note: CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports from eastern Libya after crossing
into that country from Egypt. He is the first Western television
correspondent to enter and report from Libya during the current crisis.
news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/21/in-eastern-libya-citizens-bouyant-and-cautious-as-they-await-gadhafis-move/

Live Blog – Libya Feb 22 | Al Jazeera Blogs
By Al Jazeera Staff
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 …
blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/02/22/live-blog-libya-feb-22

Libya Protests: Muammar Gaddafi Defiant as Leadership Vacuum Grows …
By Eliza Griswold
A defiant Muammar Gaddafi has slammed rumors he’s fled as hundreds of
protesters reportedly die. But Eliza Griswold reports the Libyan ruler is
quickly losing his teetering grip on power.
www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-22/libya-protests-muammar-gaddafi-defiant-as-leadership-vacuum-grows/

Operation “Libya White Fax” – Boing Boing
By Sean Bonner
After observing the growing unrest and correspondingly violent crackdown in
Libya, a group of hackers conceived and launched Operation Libya White Fax:
while the internet and data connections are being throttled, cut off and
censored, …
www.boingboing.net/2011/02/21/operation-libya-whit.html

Morocco & Libya Unrest As Seen Via YouTube
By Jolie O’Dell
Today, our attention turns to North Africa, where protests staged yesterday
in Morocco turned violent and fatal for some and unrest continues in
beleaguere.
mashable.com/2011/02/21/morocco-libya-youtube/

Alive in Libya
The Secretary-General today an intensive conversation with the Libyan
leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, for the deterioration of the situation in
that …
alive.in/libya/

FT.com / Middle East & North Africa – Libya crushes ‘day of anger’
Libyan security forces arrested activists and clashed with protesters on
Thursday as Muammar Gaddafi’s regime cracked down on efforts to organise a
“day of …
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/221bc38c-3a0b-11e0-a441-00144feabdc0.html