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Authors: Ethan Chorin

38
Kevin Peraino, “The Martyr Factory: Why One Libyan Town Became a Pipeline for Suicide Bombers in Iraq,”
Newsweek
, April 20, 2008.
40
Abdelhakim Belhaj, “Du Djihad à la Revolution,”
Jeune Afrique
, no. 2643, September –10, 2011, p. 26.
41
“al-Kutub allatÄ« Manaḥaha al-QaḏḏāfÄ« Talqi rawāǧan fÄ« Manāṭiq al-Muʿāraḍah al-LÄ«bÄ«yyah,” al-Ḥayāh, May 19, 2011; “Neglected Libyan city battles al-Qāʿ idah,” Reuters, May 12, 2011.
42
Lévy,
La Guerre sans l'Aimer
, p. 41.
43
Luis Martinez,
The Libyan Paradox
(New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2007), pp. 64–67.
44
Muḥammad Muḥammad al-Muftī,
Sahārī Dirnah
, Binġāzī: Dār al-Kutub al-Waṭaniyyah, 2007, p. 152.
CHAPTER 9
1
(Part III opening page) Lisa Anderson, “Qadhafi's Legacy: An Evaluation of a Political Experiement,” in
Qaddafi's Libya, 1969-1994
, Dirk Vandewalle, ed. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995), pp. 223-237.
2
Hannah Arendt,
On Revolution
, Jonathan Schell, intro. (New York, NY: Penguin, 1963), p. 8.
3
“Another Arab Regime Under Threat,”
The Economist
, January 28, 2011.
4
Heinz Duthel, Duthel Intelligence Report, 2011 Libyan Civil War, Timeline for the 2011 Libyan Civil War, self-published.
5
James Dorsey, “Wikileaks Disclosures about Gaddafi Spark Cancellation of Libyan Soccer Matches,” Bleacher Report, February 1, 2011.
6
Colin Freeman, “How Britian Courted, Armed and Trained a Libyan Monster,” Tripoli, September 25, 2011.
7
Chorin interview, source requested anonymity.
8
Fatḥī BaǧaÊ¿, “LÄ«bÄ«yā ʾilā ʾAyn? al-Maqālah allatÄ« KaÅ¡Å¡afat Wahm al-Iá¹£lāḥ,”
Miyādīn
, May 22, 2011.
9
Ibid.
10
Ibid.
12
Chorin interview with Mohammed Bin Lamin, December 2011.
13
Laura Rodríguez Rojas, “Pintor libio sufrió ocho meses de tortura,”
Nacionales
, September 17, 2011.
15
Ibid.
16
Chorin interview with Ibrahim Sahad, January 26, 2012.
17
Ibid.
18
Chorin interview with Rida Husni Bey, November 2011.
19
Chorin interview, source requested anonymity.
20
Alanoud Al Sharekh, “Reform and Rebirth in the Middle East, in Survival,” The International Institute for Strategic Studies, April-May, 2011, p. 56.
21
Ibid., p. 53.
22
Mathieu Guidere,
Le Choc des revolutions arabes
(Paris: Editions Autrement, 2011), pp. 106–107.
23
Chorin interview, source requested anonymity.
24
Duthel, Duthel Intelligence Report, p. 13.
26
Chorin interview, source requested anonymity.
27
Chorin intervie , source requested anonymity.
28
Ê¿Abd as-Salām MismārÄ«, “DÅ«runā Ḥimāyat aṯ-á¹®awrah wa Istimrār Ahdafaha,”
Berenīq
, May 23, 2011, p. 3.
29
Asmāʾ Faraǧ al Fitūrī, Binġāzī: as-Safīr Press/al-Wikālah al-Lībiyya li-t- Tarqīm ad-Dawalī al-Muwaḥḥad li-l-Kitāb,
Binġāzī min 1911 ʾilā 2011
, 2011, p. 126.
30
Ibid.
31
Fatḥī BaǧaÊ¿, “LÄ«bÄ«yā ʾilā ʾAyn? al-Maqālah allatÄ« KaÅ¡Å¡afat Wahm al-Iá¹£lāḥ,”
Miyādīn
, May 22, 2011.
32
Asmāʾ Faraǧ al Fitūrī, Binġāzī: as-Safīr Press/al-Wikālah al-Lībiyya li-t- Tarqīm ad-Dawalī al-Muwaḥḥad li-l-Kitāb,
Binġāzī min 1911 ʾilā 2011
, 2011, p. 126.
33
Ibid., p. 127.
34
Chorin interview, source requested anonymity.
35
Mehdi Ziu, “We Win or We Die,” documentary video posted to Feb17.info, December 29, 2011; see
http://feb17.info/news/video-we-win-or-we-die-documentary-about-the-hero-mahdi-ziu
.
36
Ê¿Abd as-Salām MismārÄ«, “Munassiq Iʾtilāf 17 FabrāyÄ«r, DÅ«runā Ḥimāyat aṯ-á¹®awrah wa Istimrār Ahdafaha,”
Berenīq
, May 23, 2011.
37
Ibid., p. 3.
39
See
http://feb17info/news/eye-witness-describes-libyan-crackdown-on-protesters-in-benghazi
; Armed Men Kidnap Wounded Protesters from Hosptial in Benghazi, Posted Feb 18, Feb17Info.
40
Ê¿Abd as-Salām MismārÄ«, “DÅ«runā Ḥimāyat aṯ-á¹®awrah wa Istimrār Ahdafaha,”
Berenīq
, May 23, 2011, p. 3.
41
Ibid.
42
Asmāʾ Faraǧ al-Fitūrī, Binġāzī: as-Safīr Press/al-Wikālah al-Lībiyya li-t- Tarqīm ad-Dawalī al-Muwaḥḥad li-l-Kitāb,
Binġāzī min 1911 ʾilā 2011, 2011
, p.128,
43
Ibid., p. 127.
44
Duthel, Duthel Intelligence Report, p. 14.
45
Ibid., p. 15,
46
Asmāʾ Faraǧ al-Fitūrī, Binġāzī: as-Safīr Press/al-Wikālah al-Lībiyya li-t- Tarqīm ad-Dawalī al-Muwaḥḥad li-l-Kitāb,
Binġāzī min 1911 ʾilā 2011
, 2011, p.128.
47
Chorin interview with Dr. Abdelnasser Saadi, May 29, 2012.
48
See
http://www.tripolitimes.com/archives/96
, from behind the walls of the battalion of Fadeel Bu Omar in Benghazi; Asmā Faraǧ al-Fitūrī, Binġāzī: as-Safīr Press/al-Wikālah al-Lībiyya li-t- Tarqīm ad-Dawalī al-Muwaḥḥad li-l-Kitāb,
Binġāzī min 1911 ʾilā 2011
, 2011. p. 128; Ziu, “We Win or We Die,” December 29, 2011.
49
Ibid.
50
Fatḥī BaǧaÊ¿, “LÄ«bÄ«yā ʾilā ʾAyn? al-Maqālah allatÄ« KaÅ¡Å¡afat Wahm al-Iá¹£lāḥ,”
Miyādīn
, May 22, 2011, pp. 4–5.
51
Chorin interview with Christopher Stevens.
53
Insider report: Saif Al-Gadaffi attempts to flee Libya, denied access to airport; see
http://feb17.info/news/insider-report-saif-attempts-to-flee-libya-denied-access-to-airport
. Posted on February 18, 2011.
56
Chorin interview with Maged Mahfouz, London, December 23, 2011.
57
Chorin interview, source requested anonymity.
59
Phillipe Sands, “The Accomplice,”
Vanity Fair
; see
Vanityfair.com/
politics /features/2011/08/qaddafi-201108.
60
Ibid.
61
Dr. Issam Hajjaji, “Healthcare in Libya,” January 2012 (unpublished copy).
62
Wayne White, “Fighting in Libya: the Military balance,” MEI Policy Watch #1768, March 3, 2012.
63
aš-Šarq al-Awsaṭ
, Spring 2011 (unknown date).
64
Ê¿Abd as-Salām MismārÄ«, “Munassiq Iʾtilāf 17 FabrāyÄ«r, DÅ«runā Ḥimāyat aṯ-á¹®awrah wa Istimrār Ahdafaha,”
Berenīq
, May 23, 2011.
65
“Libya's Ambassadors to India, Arab League Resign in Protest Against Government,”
RIA Novosti
, February 21, 2011; see
http://wn.rian.ru/worldl/20110221/162698818.html
.
66
Chorin interview with Ahmed Ibrahim Fagih, Cairo, November, 2011.
67
Duthel, Duthel Intelligence Report, p. 30.
68
“Ǧābir Ê¿Uá¹£fÅ«r Yatanazzil Ê¿an Ǧaʾizat al-QaḏḏāfÄ« Iḥtiǧāǧan Ê¿alā al-Maǧāzir fÄ« LÄ«bÄ«yā,”
al Ḥayāh
, February 27, 2011.
70
Colin Freeman, “How Britain Courted, Armed, and Trained a Libyan Monster,” Tripoli, September 25, 2011.
72
The location of Mecca, relative to a Muslim's current position, and direction of prayer.
74
The US State Department also arranged a flight to follow the sealift. The ferry was stranded in Tripoli harbor for a few days due to rough seas.
75
“Libya's Humanitarian Crisis—As Protests Continue, Medical Supplies, along with Fuel and Food Are Running Dangerously Short,” Al Jazeera English, February 28, 2011.
76
Chorin interviw with Maged Mahfouz, London, December 23, 2011.
77
“Thousands Flee Across Libya-Tunisa border,”
Globe and Mail
, February 24, 2011; see
www.theglobeandmail.com
.
78
Humanitarian Situation Deteriorates, February 25, 2011; see
www.icrc.org
.
79
Chorin interview with Dr. Issam Hajjaji, October 2011.
80
Chorin interviw with Maged Mahfouz, London, December 23, 2011.
81
Wayne White, “Fighting in Libya: the Military balance,” MEI Policy Watch #1768, March 3, 2012.
82
Duthel, Duthel Intelligence Report, p. 21.
83
Dayer Barbou; see
www.globalsecurity.org
.
84
Delphine Minoui,
Tripoliwood
(Paris: Bernard Grasset, 2011), p. 130.
86
Mathieu Guidère,
Le Choc des Revolutions Arabes
(Paris: Editions Autrement, 2011), pp. 97–114.
87
Chorin interview with Ambassador David Welch, November 2011,
88
Jon Lee Anderson, “Sons of the Revoluton,”
The New Yorker
, May 9, 2011.
89
The Economist
, February 26, 2011.
90
Guidère,
Le Choc
, p. 106.
91
David Kirkpatrick, “Tripoli residents tell of terror,”
International Herald Tribune
, March 4, 2011.
92
Michael Peel, “Distrust Pervades Streets of Tripoli,”
Financial Times
, August 8, 2011.
93
Wayne White, “Fighting in Libya: the Military balance,” MEI Policy Watch #1768, March 3, 2012.
95
“al-QaḏḏāfÄ« YuÊ¿lin Istirǧāʿ Mudun . . . wa al-Muʿāraḍah Tanfi,” al-Hayāt, March 7, 2011.
96
“The colonel charges ahead,”
The Economist
, March 19, 2011.
97
Ibid.
99
Editors, “‘Unified Protector' Quels Parametres pour une Operation Lance sans Filet?”
Defense et Sécurité Internationale
(DSI), no. 70, May 2011, pp. 27–40.
100
“Libya mass rape claims: using Viagra would be a horrific first,” posted June 9, 2011, Feb17.Info.
102
Human Rights Watch, Libya Report 2012.
103
Ibid.
104
Louis Charbonneau, “Strong proof of Libya crimes against humanity,” ICC, posted to Feb17.info, May 2, 2011.
105
“Gaddafi Addresses Benghazi Residents,”
LibyaInfo.com
, March 17, 2011.
107
Chorin interview with Heather Kalmbach, December 21, 2011.
108
Michael Hastings, “Inside Obama's War Room,”
Rolling Stone
, October 11, 2011.
CHAPTER 10
1
Barack H. Obama, “Remarks by the President on a New Beginning,” June 4, 2009, transcript,
http://whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/remarks-by-the-president-at_cairo_university
.
2
Ibid.
3
Ibid.
4
Michael Hastings, “Inside Obama's War Room,”
Rolling Stone
, October 11, 2011.

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