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Libya Claims Civilians Hit by Allied Air Strikes

These two videos both report on claims made by Libyan state TV that allied air strikes caused civilian casualties. The first, from ITN News in the UK, explicitly plays down the Libyan reports and shows only footage of the burning military base targeted in the raid. The second, from Russia Today, has no commentary, but includes more of the original report, including footage of the civilians Libya claims were killed and injured in the same attack.

 

Libyan Base 'Hit by Coalition Air Strike'

(ITN News: 0404 PST, March 24, 2011) Libyan television shows what it says is a military base in flames after coalition air strikes on Tripoli.

 

 

Libya TV Airs Images of Tripoli Bombing Aftermath

(Russia Today: 0309 PST, March 24, 2011) Libyan broadcasters claimed that an unknown number of civilians were injured and killed in coalition airstrikes in Tripoli late on Wednesday. Fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli, with reports saying coalition forces are targeting major military facilities across the country. Allied forces have also conducted air strikes against troops loyal to the leader Muammar Gaddafi, in the country's western city of Misurata.

 

WARNING: This video contains some graphic images.



 
 

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Fighting Back in Libya's Media War

(Al Jazeera English: 1727 PST, March 1, 2011) With state television in Libya reporting that the situation in the country is normal, anti-government activists have taken to creating their own media outlets to get their message out. Several activists in the opposition stronghold of Benghazi have set up a radio station, getting updates from protesters on the ground and disseminating them to the wider public. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Benghazi, eastern Libya.

 

 

 
 

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Gaddafi: Bin Laden to Blame for Libya's Revolt

(Euronews: 0837 PST, February 24, 2011) The Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has given an extraordinary interview by phone with Libyan state television, blaming the revolt against his rule on al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden.

 

Bin Laden, he said, was the real criminal. Gaddafi said he himself had only moral authority in Libya and likened himself to Britain's Queen Elizabeth. He offered his condolences to those who had died in the fighting uprising.

 

 

(Al Jazeera English: 0830 PST, February 24, 2011) An excerpt from Muammar Gaddafi's speech on Libyan state television Thursday.

 

 

 
 

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Muammar Gaddafi Remains Defiant

(Al Jazeera English: 1000 PST, February 22, 2011) In a lengthy televised address, Muammar Gaddafi variously blamed the media, the U.S., the UK, Italy, and hallucinogenic drugs forced on young protesters for causing the trouble in his country. The Libyan leader tried his hardest to appeal to anti-colonialist sentiment in the country but behind all the anger there seemed to be one key message: he has created Libya, and will never leave.

 

But pressure on Gaddafi is mounting. Several major cities across Libya are under the control of the opposition and the deadly crackdown on protesters seems to have been hardening the popular resolve. Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports.

 

 

 
 

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Anger at State Television

(Al Jazeera English: 0700 PST, February 11, 2011) Thousands of protesters have laid siege to the building of Egypt's state television station in Cairo, as hundreds of thousands again turned out across the country to demand that Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, resign. Our correspondent Jacky Rowland in Cairo reports from the scene of the siege.

 

 

Activist Speaks from State TV in Cairo

(Al Jazeera English: 0700 PST, February 11, 2011) Alaa Abdel Fatah, a prominent activist, speaks to Al Jazeera from outside the state television building in Cairo where thousands of protesters gathered on Friday afternoon.

 

 

Watch Al Jazeera English's live broadcast stream, online now.

 

 
 

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