Libya: Not in any way a happy post here

[sour_idealist]

Okay, has everyone on here heard about Libya?

If anyone hasn't, what started as protests have exploded into flat-out war on the streets, bordering on a massacre. This has a lot of information, most of the news coming out of the country (much of it shaky), the videos, everything. EDIT: This is also a good summary of news stories, and this is useful with quite a bit of background provided. It obviously is in no way an objective source, but seriously, if you can be objective about this than I don't want to know you. Death counts are in the hundreds over the past 24 hours; evidently most of the gunshot wounds doctors are treating are in the head and neck; hospitals are being targeted; apparently Gaddaffi actually ordered the soldiers to rape the women protesting. It's horrifying.

I... don't know what there is to do, really, but trying to spread the news a bit has to count for something, right?

Comments

[sour-idealist.livejournal.com]

Exactly. That section of the world is pretty much exploding, people, pay attention! There's some coverage- BBC, Yahoo! News (if that counts) - but not enough.

And I know, I couldn't look either. I can't.

[sour-idealist.livejournal.com]

I sent out emails; I hope it does something. And praying a lot.

[fae-boleyn.livejournal.com]

Your link is not working.

Dear God, I was hoping this wouldn't happen. Egypt managed to avoid it, I thought... I don't even know what to say about this.

[sour-idealist.livejournal.com]

I tried to fix it, and added a couple others for good measure. Tumblr is being a bit weird right now.

And...yeah. This is... I have no idea what to do or say or anything. I'm trying to spread awareness as much as I can, but I don't feel like it's doing much.