Libya

The Middle East Revolts Laid Out in a Beautiful Interactive Timeline

The UK Guardian has a beautiful interactive timeline breaking down the chain of events as it pertains to the Middle East revolts, which involve Egypt, Tunsia and Libya. Cleanly organized by date, event and country, it’s a helpful way to make sense of a lot of information at the very least. [Guardian]

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 22

American F-15 Crashes Over Libya

The first setback for Operation Odyssey Dawn hit last night, as a $30 million F-15 Strike Eagle fighter was destroyed after its pilots (safely, we’re happy to hear) ejected. The Pentagon is claiming “mechanical failure” as the crash’s cause. It appears the downed plane was stumbled upon by a British journalist, who, with an air…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 22

How Does the Military Cook up Operation Names? Gibberish.

Odyssey Dawn sure sounds neat-o, doesn’t it? You might think some thought went into crafting a name that makes you want to drop bombs on Gadaffi with such panache, but, no—it’s just a kinda-random Defense Department formula. It’s pretty simple—US Africa Command got a set of words to use for the first word in their…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 21

These Are the Weapons Hammering Gaddafi

After bombarding and destroying all of Gaddafi’s anti-aircraft missile batteries, the Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is now controlling the Libyan air space. This gallery shows all the weapons being used by the allied forces. Live updates. This is an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft belonging to the 480th Fighter Squadron—taking off from Spangdahlem Air…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 21

U.S., French and British Forces Strike Libyan Military Positions (Updated)

An unidentified fighter jet plummets from the skies over Benghazi, Libya. CNN was unable to independently identify if the plane was indeed a rebel fighter sent to reinforce their position in that city, as was suggested by a source. Meanwhile, tanks from both sides of the conflict are massing at Benghazi, which has become a…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 19

Libya Protestors Using Photoshop to Make Caricatures of Gaddafi

Photoshop! Great for airbrushing models in magazine! Also great to draw up hilarious caricatures of a crazy and troubled dictator! This is a wonderful picture of Anti-Gaddafi protestors using their photoshop skills to cartoonize Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. It was taken inside a burnt down state security building. [BoingBoing] Image Credit: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 5

Libya’s Internet Goes Down Again

In the midst of the ongoing strife in Libya over Muammar Ghaddafi’s regime and craziness, internet has again been cut off from protesters. According to a report by internet access monitoring firm Renesys, Libya’s servers have been down since around 4:35 PM yesterday. Libya’s government already tried this on February 18th, shortly after national protests…

Tech News Kwame Opam Mar 4

Dating Sites Are the New Hotspot for Libyan Protest

On a Muslim dating site called Mawada, there’s a man with a profile titled “Where Is Miriam?” He will frequently receive messages from other muslim women which read something along the lines of “may your day be filled with Jasmine.” He’s also quite popular with the ladies, amassing over 171,000 admirers. But neither “Where Is…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 1

Two Libyan Pilots Eject After Refusing to Bomb Civilians

Libyan newspaper Quryna is reporting a crash of a Sukhoi Su-22 ‘Fitter’ fighter-bomber. According to the reporter, the crash happened very near the sea line, to the west of the Libyan city of Ajdabiya—160 kilometers south west of Benghazi. The reason: The crew ejected after refusing to bomb civilians in the city of Benghazi. The…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 23

The Best of Wikileaks’ Qaddafi Dirt

How crazy is hopefully-soon-to-be-deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi? Why don’t we check Wikileaks to find out? (Spoiler alert: He is pretty crazy.) Wikileaks, the secrets-sharing website that began to release a huge cache of classified diplomatic cables last year, has several messages about Qaddafi and Libya. As, we guess, some kind of retrospective of corruption,…

Tech News Max Read Feb 23

Libyan Mirage F1 Fighter Jets Escape to Malta After Refusing to Bomb Protesters

Two Libyan Mirage F1 jet fighters have escaped the country after refusing to attack unarmed civilian protesters on the streets, landing in Malta’s International Airport, 211 miles north of their home country. The two pilots—both senior colonels in the Libyan air force—have asked for political asylum after landing. They are now in police’s custody, awaiting…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 21

Libya Blocks Facebook and Internet Access Amid Revolts

Popular uprisings throughout Libya have pushed the bizarre, iron hand of Muammar al-Qaddafi to block access to Facebook in the capital of Tripoli, and sporadically shut Libyan access to the internet entirely. Clearly, the country’s autocracy fears Egypt redux. [Yahoo]

Social Media Sam Biddle Feb 18

URL Shorteners in Peril as Libyan Government Seizes .ly Domain

Ugh! Dictatorships! Always spoiling our fun! That cutesy URL shortening service you might use (bit.ly, perhaps) is riding on Libya’s .ly domain suffix. And Libya ain’t pleased—one shortener, vb.ly, was recently shut down for violating Libya’s oppressive laws. Ben Metcalfe, (former) owner of pro-porn URL shortening site vb.ly, found that his domain was abruptly deleted…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 6

Libyan Dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s Crazy Science Fiction Short Story

The Guardian’s Daniel Kalder wasn’t crazy about Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s book of short stories, marketed in the UK under the title Escape To Hell (Kalder calls it “surreal gibberish”). But there’s always something fascinating about reading the work of a dictator, especially one who has tried his hands at science fiction. Though most of…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Mar 24

The Middle East Revolts Laid Out in a Beautiful Interactive Timeline

American F-15 Crashes Over Libya

How Does the Military Cook up Operation Names? Gibberish.

These Are the Weapons Hammering Gaddafi

U.S., French and British Forces Strike Libyan Military Positions (Updated)

Libya Protestors Using Photoshop to Make Caricatures of Gaddafi

Libya’s Internet Goes Down Again

Dating Sites Are the New Hotspot for Libyan Protest

Two Libyan Pilots Eject After Refusing to Bomb Civilians

The Best of Wikileaks’ Qaddafi Dirt

Libyan Mirage F1 Fighter Jets Escape to Malta After Refusing to Bomb Protesters

Libya Blocks Facebook and Internet Access Amid Revolts

URL Shorteners in Peril as Libyan Government Seizes .ly Domain

Libyan Dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s Crazy Science Fiction Short Story

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