Update on the Libyan Situation.

Just an update on the situation. The country has descended into civil war with the government and its army of mercenaries currently conducting an offensive push to regain the cities it has lost and maintaining it's destructive presence in Tripoli. The UN has placed full spectrum sanctions onto the country and has urged the International Criminal Court to arrest Gaddafi for crimes against humanity. There is quite a lot of info after the jump. Have a look, be informed!

1. Ahmed Radwan is an Egyptian vascular surgeon working as a volunteer in eastern Libya. In this video sent to Al Jazeera, he describes the kinds of injuries he's been treating in the last few days.

2. Shadi Hamid, of the Brookings Doha Centre, tells Al Jazeera:

Gaddafi has made it unequivocally clear that he is not going to step down. The pro-democracy forces in the east of the country want to move into Tripoli, [but] they don't have the fire power, they don't have the troops.

3. GRAPHIC - NSFL Graphic video has emerged of what appears to be a group of soliders, massacred in Libya. The video was posted to Facebook on Thursday.


It cannot be independently verified but appears to show the bodies of at least 21 men in military clothing, bound and blindfolded.  One seems to still be alive.

The Facebook page says the video was first run on state TV, which identified the dead as soliders, killed by anti-government fighters. 

But the Facebook posting says the men were actually killed by pro-government forces, for refusing to fight.

4.The Network of Free Ulema - Libya, a group of clerics in that country, alleges that pro-Gaddafi forces have been carrying out a "massive kidnapping campaign" in Tripoli, targetting opposition activists ahead of a call for marches in the capital following Friday prayers. 

The statement from the group read:

This is to URGENTLY notify the world and the International Criminal Court in particular, that Gaddafi and his criminal accomplices are currently (March 2nd and 3rd 2011) implementing a massive kidnapping campaign in Tripoli and its vicinities in order to ‘clean up’ key youth leaders before tomorrow’s Friday prayers, and in order to ‘look good’ to the international Media, which has been invited to Tripoli as part of a public relations campaign aimed at covering up the crimes against humanity that have been inflicted upon the brave Libyan people. We call upon and urge every man and woman of good will, worldwide, to do their utmost to save our youth from the hands of Gaddafi, his thugs, and mercenaries."

5. Video detailing Gadaffi's military power.