Dictators Regime behind spreading dengue in order to collect funds by fining innocent people !

According to news reaching us, spreading of dengue islandwide is done purposely by regime inorder to collect funds as regimes inflow of funds had drastically gone down. This was confirmed further more as Regime Health Minister Maithripala  Sirisena mentioned yeasterday to the media that fine will be increase further more if dengue breeding places found.

many believe that end of current antidemocratic brutal regime is likely to be sooner than expected as various protests are carried out by innocent people against the regime. Also it is reported that to increase the cash flow, the herion drug too being imported & distributed under the guidance of a son of a powerful person of the regime with supoort of a Colombo District MP, Thugs known as Urru (Pig) Silva.   

Dictator Gaddafi lost control of Yafran while Freedom Fighters Gain Land !

Reports say Libyan Freedom Fighters have entered the northwestern town of Yafran, previously held by regime forces, as the NATO chief says he is confident that people across Libya can start preparing for a future without Dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the country's long-time ruler whi si being charged of war crimes as well.



Youssef Boudlal, a Reuters photographer in Yafran, on Monday said the town had been wrested by the freedom fighters.

"We are inside the town ... There is no sign of any Gaddafi forces. I can see the Freedom Fighters flags ... We have seen posters and photos of Gaddafi that have been destroyed," Boudlal said.

"We do not have details of what provided this breakthrough ... this is a town that has been held by Gaddafi forces since the start of the fighting," he said.

"But what we saw this morning was Freedom Fighters rolling into a town just 100 miles from the capital, really on the doorstep of Gaddafi.

"What propelled this to happen, we still don't know. But what we do know is that the clock certainly seems to be ticking on Gaddafi. This is really the first challenge to the city of Tripoli that we have seen in about four months."

The Freedom Fighters advance came amid intense fighting between forces loyal to Gaddafi and Freedom Fighters seeking to end his more than four-decade-long rule.

It also came as Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO's secretary-general, said damaging or destroying of 1,800 military targets so far in Libya has degraded Gaddafi's power to the extent that he will certainly be forced from power.

"We have made considerable progress," he said before a meeting of NATO defence ministers due to take place in Brussels.

"We have taken the momentum, we have turned the tide of terror unleashed by the Gaddafi regime, we have saved countless lives and we have seriously degraded the ability of the Gaddafi regime to attack civilians."

Libya Dictators regimes Foreign Minister quits and Flees to Britain !

Moussa Koussa, the Libyan foreign minister, has defected to the United Kingdom, the British foreign ministry has confirmed.


The ministry said in a statement that Koussa had arrived at Farnborough Airport, in the south of England, on a flight from Tunisia on Wednesday.


"He travelled here under his own free will. He has told us that he is resigning his post. We are discussing this with him and we will release further details in due course," the statement said.


"We encourage those around Gaddafi to abandon him and embrace a better future for Libya that allows political transition and real reform that meets the aspirations of the Libyan people."



It added that Koussa was one of the most senior officials in Gaddafi's Brutal Regime with a role to represent it internationally, which is "something that he is no longer willing to do".


Tunisia's TAP news agency said on Monday that Koussa had crossed over into Tunisia from Libya.


A Libyan Regime spokesman in the Libyan capital Tripoli had earlier denied speculation that he had defected.


"He is on a diplomatic mission," Mussa Ibrahim, the spokesman, said. He gave no further details.


Earlier on Wednesday, the British government announced the expulsion of Libya's military attache and four other diplomats in protest and for intimidating opposition groups in London.


A government source quoted by Reuters said the diplomats, believed to be supporters of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, have been given seven days to leave.


William Hague, the British foreign minister, told legislators the move was to "underline our grave concern at the regime's behaviour".


"... we have today taken steps to expel five diplomats at the Libyan embassy in London, including the military attache," he said in parliament on Wednesday.


"The government also judged that, were those individuals to remain in Britain, they could pose a threat to our security."


Hague also announced that a British diplomatic mission led by senior diplomat Christopher Prentice had visited the freedom fighter-held city of Benghazi earlier this week, and met key opposition groups including Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the head of the pro democracy Libyan National Council.

Do not support Dictator Gaddafi, If ignored, You too will face the same - Asian Leader Being Warned !

According to a reliable source from a high ranking western government officer, An Asian Leader who prefers to have friendship with dictators and War Criminals was being warned of facing a  same situation like what is being faced by Gaddafi. The so called leader's international reletionship with democtratic countries is said to be "NIL".

He had tried in several occasions to provide war crafts and troops in order to support Dictator Gaddafi alias "Butcher of Libya" who too had supported him in past.

Libyan Freedom Fighters claims seizing Sirte - Dictator Gaddafi's Hometown

Libyan Freedom Fighters have claimed that they have captured the town of Sirte which is the home town of embattled Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi alias " Butcher of Libya".


Shamsi Abdul Molah, a spokesman for the opposition's National Council told that opposition forces had moved into the city at approximately 1.30am last night (local time).


"they found it as an unarmed city. They had no problem getting in there, they did not encounter any resistance," reported Sue Turton in Benghazi. Celebratory gunfire was head in Benghazi, the opposition's stronghold in the east of the country, as news filtered in of the taking of Dictator Gaddafi's hometown.


A column of military vehicles was seen leaving Sirte on Sunday, heading west towards the capital, Tripoli.


Clashes between pro- and anti-government forces continue in other areas, meanwhile. In Misurata, nine people were killed overnight by snipers and shelling by dictator Gaddafi's forces.



The claim of the opposition taking Sirte, which could not be independently verified, came as their forces, bolstered by coalition air strikes, pushed westwards and seized control of the key towns of Bin Jawad, Ras Lanuf, Uqayla, Brega and Ajdabiya in a rapid advance along the coastline.




Coalition air strikes against targets in Tripoli also resumed on Sunday night with explosions heard in the Libyan capital.


Gaddafi's forces appeared to be withdrawing eastwards according to a new correspondent. Those still in Bin Jawad surrendered without a fight, he further said.


"It seems there has a been withdrawal and a surrender of Dictator's troops, not a battle," he said. "They removed some of their vehicles that were not bombed further up the road but they removed these vehicles in haste."


The Libyan Freedom Figters were intent on pressing onwards in the direction of Tripoli.


The opposition's National Council now says that it expecting a major battle to occur in the area around Tripoli, as opposed to at Sirte, where stiffer resistance had been expected with Snipers, rocket launchers, RPG's, Missiles  and poisoned gas flames etc...


Days remaining for Butcher of Libya now gets lesser day by day.

Libyan Freedom Fighters Emerge victorious again - Now on their way towards Gaddafi stronghold !

Bin Jawad is the latest town to fall as Libyan Freedom Figters rapid advance to west takes them closer to Gaddafi-held Sirte.







Libyan Freedom Figters are moving westwards towards a possible showdown with dictator  Muammar Gaddafi's forces.


Opposition forces backed by coalition air strikes have already seized control of the key towns of Bin Jawad, Ras Lanuf, Uqayla, Brega and Ajdabiya in a rapid advance along the coastline.


Meanwhile, the next town in the Libyan Freedom Figters path, Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, was reported to be under attack by coalition warplanes for the first time late on Sunday, according to Libyan state television.



Coalition air strikes against targets in Tripoli also resumed on Sunday night with explosions heard in the Tripoli. Gaddafi's Brutal forces appeared to be withdrawing eastwards. Those still in Bin Jawad, the latest town to fall to freedom figters, surrendered without a fight.

"It seems there has a been withdrawal and a surrender of Gaddafi's bloody forces, not a battle. They removed some of their vehicles that were not bombed further up the road but they removed these vehicles in haste." one of the Cilivians said. 


The Freedom Fighters Main Target is to head west towards tripoli through on and only coastal road exist their. The problem they are going to face is the huge roadblock ahead of them and that's town Sirte which is a Gaddafi's stronghold where many of his troops are located but with support from coalition froces, freedom figters might not find it that hard.

Civilians Casualities claimed by Gaddafi are false ! - All injured or dead were from attacks carried out by him !

War Criminal, Dictator Gaddafi's official media said the air strikes were targeting civilian objectives and that there were civilians casualties as a result of this aggression". but according to the reports that we received, the injured and dead shown on pro Gaddafi TV/Web are the civilians, freedom figters and Pro Gaddafi forces who sustained injuries and/or died when dictator Gaddafi's forces attacked freedom fighters few days back by bombarding and artillaery fire on areas where freedom figters held control (Many areas later taken over by war criminal gaddafi). 

Also Admiral Mike Mullen too, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, denied that any civilians had been killed in the bombardment, which saw some 110 cruise missiles being shot from American naval vessels in the Mediterranean sea.   

Dictators forces say Brega under their control but freedom fighters say they have retaken Brega

Videos of freedom fighters in libya


Dictator and possible war criminal Muammar Gaddafi's forces are slowly pushing towards the main oppostion-held towns in Libya, reports say.


Ajdabiya, the last major town before the freedom fighter base in Benghazi, came under heavy aerial attack. In the west, ground forces and tanks have begun shelling the town of Zuwara. Freedom fighters say they have retaken Brega, but the government has denied the claim.


Earlier, the UN Security Council met to discuss the imposition of a no-fly zone, but there was no consensus. The BBC's Barbara Plett says there were divisions about authorising such a zone, with France calling it a game-changer, but countries such as Russia expressed caution, saying serious questions remained.


Meanwhile, a UN envoy, Abdul Ilah Khatib, has met with Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Kusa in Tripoli.
In the meeting, Mr Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, reiterated demands for an end to the violence and requested access for humanitarian groups, a UN spokesman said.


With fighting continuing in the east of Libya, it is not clear exactly where the front line is.The eastern oil town of Brega changed hands several times over the weekend, amid a relentless barrage of air and ground attacks by government forces.


Sources; BBC, Al Jazeera

Opposition freedom fighters retreat from Ras Lanuf in Libya

Opposition freedom fighters fall back from oil town under rocket fire and aerial assault as Gaddafi loyalists launch major offensive.





Opposition freedom fighters have been forced to withdraw from the central port city of Ras Lanuf after Dictator Muammar Gaddafi launched a massive offensive against opposition fighting to end the Libyan leader's decades-long rule.


Pro- and anti-government forces are locked in intense fighting for control of several other cities and towns along the coastline to the east of Tripoli, including Brega and Bin Jawad, as well as in Az Zawiyah to the west of the capital.



Opposition freedom forces in Ras Lanuf, the site of a key oil installation, are now retreating from their positions and heading further east.


Opposition fighters were seen trooping into cars and trucks by the hundreds and fleeing eastwards, after coming under intense mortar and rocket fire, as well as aerial bombardment earlier in the day.


Pro-Gaddafi forces hit a natural gas installation, and bombed a civilian house and the area around a hospital, Killing innocent individuals, opposition forces said.


In an interview with the Reuters news agency, Dictator Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam said the time had come for full scale military action against the rebels. 


"There is no more chance for negotiations with rebels fighting the Libyan government," he said on Thursday.


He said the military would never give up - but would fight in Libya and die in Libya.


In a press conference late on Thursday, Khalid al-Kaim, Libya's deputy foreign minister, reiterated that it was "clear" that most anti-government protesters and fighters were members of al-Qaeda.



Many had wondered in recent days about "why Gaddafi did not employed his full forces".


"Today we've seen those forces in action," Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley said.


We were caught right in the middle as his forces out-flanked, and then out-bombed and out-shot the opposition forces. There was sustained aerial and artillery and mortar bombardment, followed by a flanking movement.


"There have been a number of casualties. We've seen trucks going along the highway, but that's being shelled by Gaddafi forces all the way along. I counted ... 50 shells falling.


"We've seen trucks with wounded lying in the back of pick-ups, and I think the casualty toll is going to be high. We also saw and heard extensive ground fire coming from the beach [in the north], we think there's been a flanking movement from the beach.


"But it seems like the major offensive that we thought was going to happen is underway now."


Birtley reported that while many opposition fighters had now left the town, a "hard core" was going back to fight.


He said the attack showed the "professionalism of Gaddafi's troops, and it shows that ... he's hitting back."


Engineers at the town's oil facilities have been burning off poisonous gas in case of a direct hit on the refinery, rebels say.


"We've been defeated. They are shelling and we are running away. That means that they're taking Ras Lanuf," a rebel fighter, dressed in military fatigues who gave his name as Osama, told the AFP news agency.


"The town of Ras Lanuf has been purged of armed gangs and the green flags have been hoisted over all [government] buildings," Libyan state television reported on Thursday evening. The report said that government forces were "advancing on Benghazi".

Intense fighting in Libyan cities !

Dictator Gaddafi's Forces  and opposition backed forces are locked in intense fighting for control of several cities and towns across Libya. Nearly month-long uprising is threatening to end Dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's more than 41-year-old rule.Some of the fiercest fighting is taking place in the oil rich city of Az-Zawiyah which is 50km west of the capital Tripoli ( Tripoli is Where Gaddafi is Hiding).


"The revolutionaries (Oppostion) control the centre of Zawiyah and Dictator Gadhafi's forces are surrounding it. It's 50-50, anybodies victory" a resident who fled the city said."There was no one in the streets, the town is completely deserted, and there are snipers on the roofs," he said, adding that he did not know which side they were on.


Forces loyal to Gaddafi say they have wrested the city from the hands of rebels, a claim denied by those ranged against the Libyan Dictator.Any independent confirmation of the claims and counter-claims, however, is difficult since  is difficult since journalists are unable to reach the city due to bombs dropped in these cities by Gaddafi.


But residents said the city had been under sustained attack from Dictator Gaddafi baberic forces whic hwere aided by tanks and war planes.There are also reports of fighting raging in the eastern port city of Ras Lanuf, where an oil installation has gone up in flames.Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from the frontline, described a steady volley of mortar and rocket fire, blanketing the sky with dark smoke, turning day to night.


"Pro-Gaddafi forces unleash a savage counter-offencive against the town of Ras Lanuf," Rowland said. "Rebel fighters sitting on the ground are vulnerable, and they know it."The rebel fighters are largely inexperienced. Abdul Razik Bubakar, 32, car mechanic who has joined anti-Gaddafi forces, told the AP news agency that he is learning how to use anti-aircraft gun on the fly."I didn't know anything about it. I just learnt in two or three days. Now I know how to use it, thanks to God. Now I am really quick using it, cleaning it and fixing it," said Bubakar. 



"Maybe I don't have enough knowledge for this, but when I do it, thanks to God, it works out."


The battles are raging as rebels pile on pressure on the international community to impose a no-fly zone over Libya to cripple Gaddaf's air force.While several world powers have backed such a measure, the modalities are yet to be worked out with Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, saying such a move should be driven by the United Nations and not the United States.


NATO and European Union are beginning fresh talks on a no-fly zone on Thursday.Amid such discussions, Gaddafi has launched his own diplomatic effort, sending emissaries to Brussels and Cairo.


Meanwhile, Britain has condemned the arrest and torture of three BBC journalists in Libya, saying it was more proof of atrocities committed by Gaddafi's regime.

Heavy shellings by Dictator Gaddafi in Ras Lanuf oil city in Libya - Heavy casualties !

Forces loyal to Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi have launched new air raids on the oil city of Ras Lanuf under oppstion control and are closing in on the western town of Az Zawiyah.


Fresh reports of rockets landing on Ras Lanuf came on Wednesday, with one news correspondent there saying there was intense fighting taking place between rebels and the government's fighter jets.


"What we are hearing is intense and repeated attacks by Gaddafi's airplanes on the rebels," Jacky Rowland said. "The air force is concentrating on the big junctions at the entrance to the town. The opposition fighters are extremely panicked."


She said the oil facility there had been hit in three places.


"There are huge plumes of smoke leaping into the air. We can see mortar fire from Gaddafi troops and the rebels are firing rockets towards the west."


Khaled Kwafi, a member of the opposition forces based on the outskirts of Ras Lanuf, told Al Jazeera that people were killed and injured in the attack.


"An hour ago we saw warplanes in the sky. We heard very huge explosions and lots of smoke. Our people tried to go there but they were stopped," he said.


"We heard there are people killed and injured there."



Rebels under pressure


In addition to attacks in Ras Lanuf, forces loyal to Gaddafi launched a bombardment near rebel positions around the east Libyan oil terminal of Sidrah on Wednesday, blowing up storage tanks at the facility.


Rebels retaliated by firing back with rockets as a fireball exploded from one of the oil tanks and the sky above the terminal filled with black smoke.


Clashes were also reported from the town of Bin Jawad, where a witness told Reuters that the Libyan military was using "gunboats" against opposition forces. Other witnesses reported seeing warplanes bomb oil facilities.


Fresh violence was also reported from the town of Az Zawiyah, which has been the focus of repeated battles between pro- and anti-government forces. Late on Wednesday, a witness told Reuters that rebels had retaken the town square, after being driven from it earlier in the day. The Gaddafi government disputed that claim, saying that it had retaken the town.


The claims cannot be independently verified, as the government has refused journalists access to the city, despite promises to conduct a tour.


A doctor told Reuters the earlier offensive had left many bodies lying in the streets, with at least 40 people said to have been killed.


Gaddafi's forces are also reported to have surrounded the rebel-held town of Az Zawiyah, close to the capital Tripoli.


Tanks of forces closed in on the rebel-held main square of on Wednesday and their snipers shot at anything that moved, rebel and resident sources said.


They said bodies were lying unrecovered in the ruins of many buildings destroyed in air raids earlier in the week and there was no one in the streets of the centre.


"We can see the tanks. The tanks are everywhere," a rebel fighter told Reuters by phone from inside the city.


One doctor there said that at least forty people were killed in the day's fighting.


The Libyan government claims it has taken back the coastal town of Bin Jawad after heavy shelling there.


Gaddafi himself remains as defiant as ever, saying the Libyan people will take up arms if western powers get involved in events in Libya.


On Wednesday, three of his private planes left Tripoli. At least one of them, carrying a high-ranking official for talks with the head of the Arab League, landed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

30 civilians Killed - Attempt by Dictator Gaddafi's Forces to retake Az Zawiyah fails !

 -  Forces attacked us with machine guns and heavy weapons" - Civilian Says


Nearly  30 civilians of Az Zawiyah killed after Gaddafi's forces tried to retake oppostion held town of Az Zawiyah.The oppostion in Az Zawiyah - the closest rebel-held territory to the capital and also the site of an oil refinery - has been an embarassment to the Libyan authorities who are trying to show they control at least the west of the country.


Eastern regions of the country, around the city of Benghazi, have already fallen out of Gaddafi's control after a popular revolt against his four decades of rule.


On Friday evening, at least 12 people were killed and another 10 injured after explosions took place at an ammunition dump near Benghazi. There were conflicting reports regarding the cause of the blast.


Hospital sources said it was triggered when people went into the storage facility to collect weapons, while others blamed pro-Gaddafi forces.


"The two explosions took place at 6:30 pm (1630 GMT). The casualties started to arrive at hospital an hour later," said Idriss Ghazali, a doctor at the Houari hospital.





Anwar Mahmud al-Tajuri, a witness, told the AFP news agency that a fire had broken out in one warehouse, which spread to the second in about five minutes.


"After the first explosion, we left. When the firefighters arrived, they were caught in the second blast."



In Az Zawiyah, Mohamed, a resident of the town, told the Reuters news agency that "dozens were killed" and more wounded in violence there.


"We have counted 30 dead civilians. The hospital was full. They could not find space for the casualties."


Another resident, Mohamed Nusrat, told Al Jazeera: "Gaddafi forces tried to prohibit us from entering the middle square of Az Zawiyah and join the gathering there. They attacked us with machine guns and heavy weapons."


"The opposition movement is now in control of most Az Zawiyah, except for the oil refinery and some outside entrances which are still being guarded by Gaddafi forces."


Their accounts could not be independently verified because reporters' movements in Libya are restricted.


Anita McNaught, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Tripoli, said a source close to the Libyan government had told her that Az Zawiyah "has been retaken by government forces".


"Zawiyah now is calm, and its under control by locals and the army and everything is OK. There are a few terrorists, they escaped with some Kalashinikovs and some revolvers and now [security forces] are chasing them," said Khalid Kaim, Libya's deputy foreign minister.


A rebel leader in Az Zawiyah was also killed in the clashes on Friday. 


"Many people were killed in Harsha, which is now occupied by them," Youssef Shagan, a rebel spokesman, told the Reuters news agency, referring to a small town just outside Az Zawiyah.


"They shot at civilians. We still control [Az Zawiyah's] central square. They are four to five kilometers away. Our army commander has been killed in Harsha. We have appointed a new one."


Late on Friday night, residents reported that pro-Gaddafi forces had surrounded the city.


"We are under siege, we are surrounded from the east, west and south, only the north is open because it opens to the sea," Ali, a resident, told Reuters by phone. "Electricity has been cut, we are in the dark ... Maybe they are planning an attack."

Karu Jayasuriya must be made the interim leader, until Sajith takes over the leadership says Shiral Lakthileka

-The Sajith-Karu combination has given a great strength to the UNPers who are working towards a future victory - Shiral L


Oppostion main party UNP Western Provincial Councilor, Shiral Lakthileka addressing a public rally in Kadawatha on the 27th saturday said that Karu Jayasuriya should be appointed as the party's interim leader in order to re-build the party voter base and to re-unite it until Sajith Premadasa takes over the party leadership.


Shiral Lakthileka further said that if such a move is done, many problems faced by the party at present could be resolved with time and would bring unity to the party without having several fraction with in the party, which is the aspiration of every UNP member opposing the current administration headed by leader similar to a  dictator.


Time is now ripen to defeat President Percy Mahinda's government which is misleading the public, anti-people, swollen headed and unable to understand the problems faced by the people every day. Dowbfall of Rajapakse regime could only be brought down by a people's struggle like those that took place in Tunisia, Egypt and in progress in Libya & several other Middle Eats Countries.




A free and fair election cannot be held as long as the 18th Amendment is implemented and a powerful executive presidency existed in the country. It would also be difficult to bring the disgruntled voters to cast their votes at elections.It is therefore a day dream to think that a change looked for by the people could be brought about at an election that is held under a government that works according to its agenda and misuse at its will sate resources and the Elections Department.


It is therefore important to build a people's leadership in the party that could get the love and confidence of the people and to give protection to the commitments made by the people. The Sajith-Karu combination that was formed for the local government election seems to be working in that direction whic is good for the party.


It is Sajith Premadasa's young and energetic leadership that has been accepted, loved and trusted by the people and party members. 



Premadasa has given a great strength to our party candidates contesting against the government at the local government election by traveling to every small village.


The deputy leader together with the party secretary is traveling around the country in a bus. He is uplifting the party organizations that have fallen in various parts of the country using his long standing political experiences. His expertise, love and kindness has provided a great strength to the party activists.



The Sajith-Karu combination has given a great strength to the UNPers who are working towards a future victory. When Sajith Premadasa is working with great conviction to put the party back on the winning track, Karu Jayasuriya is working hard to manage the party affairs. This active relationship is essential for a future victory. Therefore, Karu Jayasuriya must be given the party's interim leadership to build the party base and unite it until Sajith Premadasa takes over the party leadership. If that happens, most of the problems faced by the party will be resolved with time. Party unity will also be safeguarded. That is the wish of the UNPers who are opposed to the government.

Gaddafi's forces battle rebels - Protestors repulse the Attack !

- The USA had moved warships and air forces closer to Libya and France had started to send aid to the opposition controlled eastern half of the country -

Pro Gaddafi Fighter jets reported to have bombed Ajdabiya and Az Zawiyah as Libyan Dictator defies mounting international pressure. According to some unconfirm reports several hundred of innocent people have died and injured badly.


Forces loyal to Dictator Muammar Gadaffi are battling rebels in control of cities both close to Tripolo the capital city and far away from it.


Reports said on Monday that fighter jets bombed an ammunition depot in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, while a resident of Az Zawiyah, 50km west of Tripoli, told us by telephone that fighting started on Monday evening and intensified after sundown when troops loyal to Gaddafi attacked the city from the west and east.


"We were able to repulse the attack. We damaged a tank with an RPG. The mercenaries fled after that," said the resident of Az Zawiyah, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of government reprisals.


He said Gaddafi called the city's influential tribal leader, Mohammed al-Maktouf, and warned him that if the rebels did not leave the main square by early Tuesday, they would be hit by fighter jets & he had told the protestors should take responsibility if a Genocide occurs. 


"We are expecting a major battle," resident of Az Zawiyah said, adding that the rebels killed eight soldiers and mercenaries on Monday.Another resident of Az Zawiyah said he heard gunfire well into the night on the outskirts of town.





AP Reporter said he saw a large, pro-Gaddafi force massed on the western edge of Az Zawiyah. There were also about a dozen armoured vehicles along with tanks and jeeps mounted with anti-aircraft guns.


An officer said the troops were from the elite Khamis Brigade, named after one of Gaddafi's sons who commands it and said by US diplomats to be the best-equipped force in Libya.


The fighting came amid mounting international pressure on Gaddafi - already under sanctions over his handling of the turmoil - to end a crackdown on opponents pushing for his ouster.


The US, meanwhile, said it was moving warships and air forces closer to Libya and France said it would fly aid to the opposition-controlled eastern half of the country.


But Abdel Fattah Younes, Libya's former interior minister who has defected to the opposition, told Al Jazeera that welcoming "foreign troops" was "out of the question" although "touching down in Libya is acceptable only in the case of emergency".


"For example if any pilot was forced to eject, he will be hosted and protected by us," he said.


Humanitarian concerns


With government forces and rebels clashing in different parts of Libya, the security situation in and around Tripoli has made it too dangerous for international aid agencies to assess the need for medicine, food and other supplies there, according to the UN.


"The major concerns are Tripoli and the west where access is extremely difficult because of the security situation," Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian chief, told Al Jazeera on Monday.


"There are reports that between 600 and 2,000 people have already been killed in Tripoli. We don't know the absolute accurate number because we haven't got people there who are able to do assessments ... we've seen some horrific pictures of what is happening and we really want to be able to go in to help people in the time of need."


Amos also called on countries neighbouring Libya to keep their borders open so refugees can continue to flee.


As of Monday morning, an estimated 61,000 had fled into Egypt, 1,000 to Niger and 40,000 to Tunisia, according to the UN, which said there was concern about water and sanitation for the refugees. 


Libya also borders Algeria, Niger, Chad and Sudan.


The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has also called for immediate and safe access to western Libya.


ICRC teams entered the eastern side of the country including the country's second city Benghazi over the weekend, and are now supporting local doctors with medical care. Two thousand people were wounded there, according to the agency.


A similar ICRC team including surgeons and supplies was waiting on the western border in Tunisia.


"Right now, the situation is far too unstable and insecure to enable much-needed help to enter western parts of the country," Yves Daccord, the ICRC director-general, said.


"Health and aid workers must be allowed to do their jobs safely. Patients must not be attacked, and ambulances and hospitals must not be misused. It's a matter of life and death."


Thousands of foreigners have been evacuated from Libya since the unrest began on February 17, with ships and aircraft sent by countries including China  India, the US, Turkey and many other European countries.


Anti-government protests started in the country's second-largest city of Benghazi, which is now in the hands of the protesters, and have since spread to the west of the country.


Gaddafi, in power since 1969, remains defiant and has scoffed at calls to step down, saying foreign powers, including al-Qaeda and drug addicts, were behind the unrest. 


SOurce ; al jazeera.net

News Paper Editor attacked at Kathankudy: Journalist under murder threats from UPFA Goverment MP !

Rahumathulla , the chief Editor of ‘Vaara urikal’ Kathankudi weekly newspaper  was attacked brutally by an unidentified group with rods after throwing chillie powder on his face. Because this weekly paper was exposing corruption , frauds and irregularities in Muslim mosques in Katankudy and those districts , the office where the newspaper was produced was on an earlier occasion set on fire .

It is reported that a politician of the area is behind the assault on him. Rahumathullah who sustained injuries due to this attack is taking treatment in the Batticaloa Hospital where he is admitted.



Meanwhile , a media personnel who has been holding various positions in the Sri Lanka Organizations in Matale electorate for 35 years and working as a journalist for 36 years , has because of arrangements made by a Govt. MP representing the Matale district been subject to threats of assault or murder. D B Elkaduwa this targeted victim has lodged a complaint with the Warakapola police.

The complaint has been recorded under reference K .S. E ii 222/111.

Based on instructions from the Govt. Defense Secretary office , after Elkaduwa had informed several divisions , a mobile police vehicle was sent to inquire into details. He had also intimated to the President and the defense secretary about the murder threats , Elkaduwa added.

Source; Lankaenews.com  ( http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=10714)

Mubarak says he 'wants to go'

Egyptian president had told ABC News that he is "fed up" but fearful about the consequences if he resign immediately. A bloody confrontation has gripped central Cairo, pitting Mubarak loyalists against pro-democracy supporters [EPA] Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has said in an interview to America's ABC News that he is "fed up" and wants "to go" after 62 years in public service. However, he fears the consequences if he were to quit immediately, saying his resignation would bring chaos to Egypt. Protesters demanding an end to Mubarak's 30-year rule continue to clash with his supporters on the streets of Cairo. The uprising has been blamed on poverty, corruption and recession. "I am fed up. After 62 years in public service, I have had enough. I want to go," Mubarak said during Thursday's interview with ABC's Christiane Amanpour. Mubarak, 82, who remains inside his heavily guarded presidential palace in Cairo, also said he was troubled by the violence that erupted during the protests and that his government was not responsible for it. His government has struggled to regain control of an angry nation, inviting opponents to talks and apologising for Thursday's bloodshed in Cairo that left at least 13 people dead. Bloody confrontation A bitter and bloody confrontation gripped central Cairo's Tahrir, or Liberation, Square where armed government loyalists fought pro-democracy demonstrators intent on forcing Mubarak to step down. There have been suggestions that some people were paid by the government to attack the pro-democracy supporters with stones and rocks. Mubarak blamed the opposition Muslim Brotherhood for the Tahrir Square violence. "I was very unhappy about yesterday. I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other," he was quoted as saying in an early snippet of the interview with ABC's correspondent. In her account of the interview, Amanpour said: "He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the last few days but that his government is not responsible for it. "Instead, he blamed the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned political party here in Egypt." In a move to try to ease the tension, Omar Suleiman, Egypt's vice president, said on Thursday the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most organised opposition group, had been invited to meet the new government as part of a national dialogue with all parties. An offer to talk to the banned but tolerated group would have been unthinkable before protests erupted on January 25, indicating the giant strides made by the pro-democracy movement. But scenting victory, they have refused negotiations until Mubarak goes. Apology for violence The overture came after Ahmed Shafiq, Egypt's new prime minister, apologised for the violence and the breakdown in law and order. Shafiq said he did not know who was responsible for the bloodshed, blamed by protesters on undercover police. "As officials and a state which must protect its sons, I thought it was necessary for me to apologise and to say that this matter will not be repeated," Shafiq said. Meanwhile, protesters prepared once again to defy a curfew and sleep at Tahrir Square in preparation for big demonstrations called for Friday . Navi Pillay, the United Nations human rights chief, has said up to 300 people may have died in the Egyptian uprising so far. Source : http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201123195113546565.html