NEXT DIARY IS UP: Witnessing Revolution Diary #229 Batte of Tripoli Continues (can't get the frigging edit to indicate this diary is 228 but go there now. Thanks.
Only because jpmasser is completely exhausted from following minute by minute the tweets and events in Libya am I agreeing to post the second diary on The Battle for Tripoli. Please see Part I. PLEASE READ THIS DIARY FIRST IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
jpmasser's incredible diary is far, far ahead of TM. You will find tweets that will let you know what it is like to be in a battle to the death. Information, misinformation, guesses.
I consider this diary a bridge because I don't have a tweet machine and the critical importance of jpmasser's diary is that he updated tweets constantly in the body of the diary. I can't do that. I need a volunteer to quickly pick up a new diary from mine.
This is unlike anything I have ever seen -- real time reports -- some true/some false/some speculation -- but real time.
While I await a volunteer with tweetability please post anything you are reading from Libya or Al Jazeera. Don't waste your time with US traditional media -- they are thinking of other stuff right now and are way behind reporting current events.
IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THE NEXT DIARY (AND SOON) PLEASE LEAVE A REPLY UNDER THE FIRST COMMENT. THANK YOU.
Last tweet I read in jpmasser's diary:
3:51 PM PT: Al Jazeera blog
Libyan rebels continued to clash with government forces controlling Mitiga airbase in Tripoli, after fighting left an unknown number of insurgents dead in the suburb of Qadah and elsewhere, an opposition activist in Tripoli told the Reuters news agency.
Blessings for our Libyan brothers and sisters. May all that is good in the universe converge and bring you the independence for which you shed so much blood. May you work toward reconciliation and unity for your children and their children.
PLEASE VISIT, TIP AND REC Witnessing Revolution #227: Battle of Tripoli or Mermaid Dawn FOR REAL TIME INFORMATION. THIS SERIES HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ALL THE REVOLUTIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTHERN AFRICA