Tag Archive | Libya
Anti-Government Protests Spread in North Africa
Source: VOA – By Lisa Bryant Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Morocco and Tunisia Sunday, while there are reports of 173 people killed during clashes with security forces in eastern Libya. Morocco was the latest Arab country with anti-government protests. Journalists report at least 2,000 people marched in the capital, [...]
At Least 173 Dead in Libya’s Crackdown on Protest
Source: VOM Libyan security forces have opened fire again on anti-government protesters, while a U.S.-based rights group has raised Libya’s death toll to 173 from five days of unrest. Witnesses Sunday in Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi, said the security forces shot at mourners attending a funeral for protesters killed a day before. Human Rights Watch [...]
Crackdown on Protesters Deepens in Libya
Source: VOA News reports say Libyan security forces fired shots Saturday to disperse a crowd gathered to mourn protesters killed in a government crackdown on demonstrations. The Associated Press quotes a hospital official who says at least 15 people were killed in the incident Saturday, which took place in the city of Benghazi. Earlier, [...]
Feb 16, 1804: The Most Daring Act of the Age
During the First Barbary War, U.S. Lieutenant Stephen Decatur leads a military mission that famed British Admiral Horatio Nelson calls the “most daring act of the age.” In June 1801, President Thomas Jefferson ordered U.S. Navy vessels to the Mediterranean Sea in protest of continuing raids against U.S. ships by pirates from the Barbary states–Morocco, [...]
