Sunday, August 28, 2011

Reuters Releases Photos of Three Men Killed in Bin Laden Compound

Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near the compound after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. REUTERS
Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house (Reuters):
Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.
The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming from their ears, noses and mouths.
The official, who wished to remain anonymous, sold the pictures to Reuters.
None of the men looked like bin Laden. President Barack Obama decided not to release photos of his body because it could have incited violence and used as an al Qaeda propaganda tool, the White House said on Wednesday.
Based on the time-stamps on the pictures, the earliest one was dated May 2, 2:30 a.m., approximately an hour after the completion of the raid in which bin Laden was killed.
Other photos, taken hours later at between 5:21 a.m. and 6:43 a.m. show the outside of the trash-strewn compound and the wreckage of the helicopter the United States abandoned. The tail assembly is unusual, and could indicate some kind of previously unknown stealth capability.
The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad May 2, 2011. REUTERS
The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. REUTERS
The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. REUTERS
The unidentified body of a man is seen after a raid by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos on the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. REUTERS

(U//LES) FBI Bloods Street Gang Communicating Through Playstation Network (PSN)

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Bronx Bloods Members Communicating Through PlayStation Network (PSN)

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(U//LES) FBI New York case information indicates that Bloods gang members in the Bronx, NY are utilizing PlayStation Network (PSN) to communicate each other while on house arrest. Identified Bloods will post their “PSN tag name”, a self-generated ID used to identify individual users, on social networking web-sites and invite others to connect with them using their PlayStation 3 gaming system. These individuals have been observed sharing “tag names” with each other and discussing intentions to communicate through PSN.
(U) PlayStation Network is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service which has been available to PlayStation users since November 2006. PSN allows gamers with PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable (PSP) gaming consoles to connect with each other and communicate inside of video games. Gamers can use either a wired router connection, wireless connection, or a modem connection to gain access to the PSN through their gaming system. While inside of a video game, users can communicate via voice, text, or video chat, requiring the purchase of only a head set and/or webcam. There are approximately 77 million registered PSN accounts in over 60 countries where gamers can communicate with each other, anywhere in the world, in a matter of seconds.
(U) Some of the services provided by PSN to facilitate user communication include:
• (U) Friend List: Users can maintain a list of up to 100 additional players that allows them to keep track of their activity and alert them to when they are signed into their game.
• (U) Instant Messaging: Users can communicate via text conversations with other players signed into the same video game.
• (U) Multiplayer Gaming: Users can link up to seven PS3 controllers to their own gaming system and/or connect online with large groups of other players.
• (U) Voice/Video Chat/Cross Game Chat Rooms: Users can communicate to other players through Bluetooth/USB Headsets and/or PlayStation Eye/Eye ToyWebcams. (Analyst Note: Video chats only require a Webcam as they already have microphones built-in).
• (U) Internet Browser and Google Search Engine
• (U) Video download/sharing services
• (U) PlayStation Home: A virtual 3D social network gaming service allowing users to create a custom avatar, interact and connect with friends and other users in a virtual world. As of December 2010, there were approximately 17 million users and over 600 organized events held in this virtual world.
• (U) Facebook Access

Graphic Photo of Kelly Thomas Victim of Fullerton Police Brutality


August 11, 2011 in California
The following photo of a 37-year-old schizophrenic homeless man named Kelly Thomas was taken in the hospital by his father Ron Thomas, a former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy.  Thomas was fatally beaten by Fullerton Police officers on July 5, 2011 following attempts to search his backpack due to reports of someone “looking into cars” in the area.  Multiple videos of the beating exist, including surveillance footage that has yet to be released by the Orange County District Attorney, and a large number of witnesses have come forward confirming the extremely excessive use of force by the six officers that were responding to the scene.  One officer in particular was reportedly responsible for beating Thomas repeatedly in the back of the head with a Taser until Thomas began to bleed profusely.  The same officer also repeatedly performed a “knee-drop”, hitting his knee against the back of Thomas’ head and neck leading to fractures in his face and the crushing of his windpipe.  This officer has been identified as Jay Cicinelli, a former LAPD officer who was shot within weeks of leaving the academy and now only has one eye.  Cicinelli reportedly bragged to other officers about the extent of the beating.  The beating is being investigated by the FBI.  For more information see the website of  “Friends for Fullerton’s Future” for their continued reporting on the subject.

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Egypt Protestors Fight Photos

[Image] An injured protester is helped into a mosque that was used as a make-shift triage clinic, during clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak. AP [Image] An injured protester is helped into a mosque that was used as a make-shift triage clinic, during clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet but refused to step down. AP
[Image] Anti-government protesters begin to camp out in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Thousands of anti-government protesters returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and demanding his departure. AP [Image] Egyptian demonstrators demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak carry the body of a dead comrade wrapped in the Egyptian flag as they march past army tanks deployed in Cairo on January 29, 2011. Getty
[Image] A man injured in yesterday's clashes with police stands in front of an Egyptian Army vehicle during a protest in Cairo January 29, 2011. Egypt's president gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after protests that have rocked the foundations of the state. Reuters [Image] Egyptians carry an injured protester during clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet but refused to step down. AP
[Image] Egyptians carry the body of a protester who was killed during clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet but refused to step down. AP [Image] Egyptians carry the body of a protester covered in the flag of Egypt after he was killed during the clashes with police in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet but refused to step down. AP
[Image] Protestors ride an armoured personnel carrier towards the Nile on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Egypt in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria to call for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Getty [Image] Medics in a mosque attend to a boy suffering shot wounds during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Getty
[Image] Egyptians help a fellow demonstrator after fainting from tear gas inhalation during protests in central Cairo where police opened fire on crowds on January 29, 2011, as Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak addressed the nation overnight for the first time since deadly protests erupted against his regime, vowing reform but showing no sign of relaxing his decades-old grip on power. Getty [Image] An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses an Egyptian army officer, center back, in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. AP
[Image] A protester reaches out as a soldier holds a child during a demonstration in Cairo January 29, 2011. Thousands of angry Egyptians rallied in central Cairo on Saturday to demand that Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak resign, dismissing his offer of dialogue and calling on troops to come over to their side. Reuters [Image] An Egyptian man looks out onto a burning government building from a bridge in central Cairo January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Unrest continued in the Egyptian captial as President Mubarek said he would form a new government but remain in power. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Egypt in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria to call for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Riot police and the Army have been sent into the streets to quell the protests, which so far have claimed at least 38 lives and left more than a two-thousand injured. The cabinet has formally resigned, but protesters are seeking a regime change with the resignation of Mubarak. The government has installed a curfew, blockaded access to the Giza pyramids with tanks and APC's and taken measures to secure museums from looters. Getty
[Image] Egyptians are reflected in water, as they gather in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet but refused to step down. AP [Image] An Egyptian Army officer shouts slogans as he is carried by protesters in Cairo January 29, 2011. Egypt's president gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after protests that have rocked the foundations of the state. Reuters
[Image] A protestor climbs in through the window of a McDonald's restaurant near Tahrir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Getty [Image] Protestors chant as they stand on an army tank in Tahrir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Egypt in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria to call for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Riot police and the Army have been sent into the streets to quell the protests, which so far have claimed 32 lives and left more than a thousand injured. Getty
[Image] Medics in a mosque attend to a man injured during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Getty [Image] An Egyptian man stands in front of a burning armored vehicle in central Cairo on January 29, 2011. Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak addressed the nation for the first time since deadly protests erupted against his regime, vowing reform but showing no sign of relaxing his decades-old grip on power. Getty
[Image] An Egyptian man throws a piece of ceiling tile from a balcony at a burned and looted police station, in the Darb al Ahmar neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. AP [Image] Protestors chant in Tahrir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Egypt in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria to call for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Riot police and the Army have been sent into the streets to quell the protests, which so far have claimed 32 lives and left more than a thousand injured. Getty
[Image] Egyptian protesters run for cover as police open fire on crowds near a central square in downtown Cairo on January 29, 2011. Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak addressed the nation overnight for the first time since deadly protests erupted against his regime, vowing reform but showing no sign of relaxing his decades-old grip on power Getty [Image] Army tanks guard a road leading to Tahrir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Egypt in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria to call for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Riot police and the Army have been sent into the streets to quell the protests, which so far have claimed 32 lives and left more than a thousand injured. Getty
[Image] An Egyptian man bulds a barricade in front of a tank in central Cairo on January 29, 2011. Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak addressed the nation for the first time since deadly protests erupted against his regime, vowing reform but showing no sign of relaxing his decades-old grip on power. Getty [Image] Egyptian anti-government protesters climb atop an Egyptian army armoured personnel carrier to pose with troops, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. AP
[Image] An Egyptian soldier tries to prevent demonstrators from throwing stones towards police as they open fire on crowds near a central square in downtown Cairo on January 29, 2011. Getty [Image] Egyptian anti-government protesters take cover during scuffles with Egyptian police in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. AP
[Image] People stand outside a burned Egyptian police station, torched by anti- government protesters overnight, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. AP [Image] Egyptian protesters chant anti-government slogans as smoke billows from the National Council for Women and Children's building, downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. AP
[Image] Protestors flee a volley tear gas in Tarhir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Egypt in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria to call for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Riot police and the Army have been sent into the streets to quell the protests, which so far have claimed 32 lives and left more than a thousand injured. Getty [Image] An Egyptian anti-government activist, wounded during clashes with police, poses for the photographer along with other protesters in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, early Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Mobile phone service have been partially restored in Egypt, Saturday, after the recent communications blackout. AP
[Image] Egyptians surround an injured protester in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan.29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak. AP [Image] Egyptians carry the flag draped body of a protester who was killed during the clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak. AP
[Image] In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, demonstrators climb up armored vehicles after clashes calmed down at Square Tahrir in Cairo, capital of Egypt, early Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Dozens of tanks entered the square, while protestors welcomed the army and waved to the soldiers standing on tanks, Xinhua said. AP [Image] A protester attends to an injured man during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak said on Saturday that Egypt needed dialogue not violence to end problems that led to days of protests and said he was sacking his government, speaking in an address on state television. Reuters




Libya Fight Photos 2

[Image] Libyan volunteers stand on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP [Image] A Libyan volunteer carries ammunition on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP
[Image] Libyan doctors and medical volunteers treat a wounded man that was injured during clashes with pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces, on the side of the road near the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP [Image] Libyan doctors and volunteers attempt to leave after heavy artillery landed near the hospital, in the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP
[Image] Libyan doctors treat an injured anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, who was wounded during fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, at a hospital in the town of Brega, eastern Libya, on Thursday March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP [Image] Libyan doctors and medical volunteers treat a wounded man that was injured during clashes with pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces, on the side of the road near the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP
[Image] Libyan rebels carry anti-aircraft ammunition at a checkpoint on March 10, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Most rebel forces fled the Ras Lanuf as government forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi attacked them with heavy shelling and airstrikes. Getty [Image] Libyan rebels advance during a battle with government troops as a facility burns on the frontline on March 9, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels pushed back government troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi towards Ben Jawat. Getty
[Image] A Libyan rebel fighter shouts 'God is great' moments after two shells fell in the vicinity of the hospital of this oil port town of Ras Lanuf in eastern Libya on March 10, 2011 as forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi advanced on the town with heavy shelling forcing the rebels to retreat. Getty [Image] A Libyan rebel covers his ears as his comrades fire anti-aircraft guns at a passing government fighter jet on March 10, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Most rebel forces fled the Ras Lanuf as government forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi attacked them with heavy shelling and airstrikes. Getty
[Image] Rebels fire a rocket-propelled grenade at a Libyan air force fighter jet on March 10, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Most rebel forces fled the city as government forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi attacked them with heavy shelling and air strikes. Getty [Image] Rebels pause at a checkpoint after fleeing the fighting on March 10, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Most rebel forces fled the city as government forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi attacked them with heavy shelling and air strikes. Getty
[Image] Libyan volunteers shouts as doctors, not pictured, try to move the bodies of two men that were killed during clashes with pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces, at a hospital in the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP [Image] Libyan volunteers pray on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP
[Image] Libyan volunteers check names of the injured and dead outside a hospital in the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP [Image] A Libyan volunteer sits on the back of a car on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP
[Image] A Libyan volunteer prays on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP [Image] A Libyan volunteer sits on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP
[Image] A Libyan volunteer loads ammunition on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP [Image] Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, wait outside the hospital where their injured colleagues who were wounded during the fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters are treated, in the town of Brega, eastern Libya, on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP
[Image] Libyan doctors try to move the bodies of two men that were killed during clashes with pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces, at a hospital in the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP [Image] A Libyan volunteer rests on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. AP
[Image] A Libyan volunteer sits near a weapon on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP [Image] Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, prepare to leave their position in front of the oil refinery complex, in Ras Lanouf town, eastern Libya, on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with a withering rain of rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya as Western nations struggled to find a way to stop him. AP
[Image] Smoke billows from the fighting in Sidra, 10 kilometres (six miles) west of Ras Lanuf, on March 10, 2011, as fighting in eastern Libya has killed at least 400 people and wounded 2,000 since February 17, medics there said. Getty [Image] A Libyan rebels convoy leaves the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's forces pushed rebel fighters from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf on Thursday, driving the opposition from the city with a withering rain of artillery fire. AP
[Image] Libyan rebels are loaded at the back of a pickup vehicle that leaves the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya Thursday, March 10, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's forces pushed rebel fighters from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf on Thursday, driving the opposition from the city with a withering rain of artillery fire. AP [Image] Rebels stroll during a luul in the fightings in the back alleys of the oil rich Llibyan town of Ras Lanuf, March 09, 2011. Once home to a population of tens of thousands people this now ghost city became the front line town of an increasingly violent armed struggle between insurgents and loyalist armed forces of Libya. Getty
[Image] A rebel fighter holds position in Sidra, 10 kilometres (six miles) west of Ras Lanuf, on March 10, 2011, as fighting in eastern Libya has killed at least 400 people and wounded 2,000 since February 17, medics there said. Getty [Image] Rockets are fired from rebels positions in Sidra, 10 kilometres (six miles) further west of Ras Lanuf, on March 10, 2011, as fighting in eastern Libya has killed at least 400 people and wounded 2,000 since February 17, medics there said. Getty
[Image] An anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, runs from shelling during fighting against pro-Moammar Gadhafi fighters, in Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, on Thursday March 10, 2011. The president of the international Red Cross says doctors in Libya are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of casualties, mostly civilians. Jakob Kellenberger said Thursday that local doctors over the past few days saw "a sharp increase in the number of casualties arriving at hospitals in Ajdabiya and Misrata" where there has been heavy fighting and air strikes. AP [Image] Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, take shelter behind a wall to protect themselves from shelling during fighting against pro-Moammar Gadhafi fighters, in Sidr town, eastern Libya, on Thursday March 10, 2011. The president of the international Red Cross says doctors in Libya are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of casualties, mostly civilians. Jakob Kellenberger said Thursday that local doctors over the past few days saw "a sharp increase in the number of casualties arriving at hospitals in Ajdabiya and Misrata" where there has been heavy fighting and air strikes. AP
[Image] A Libyan rebel rests at back of a pickup vehicle by the entrance of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's forces pushed rebel fighters from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf on Thursday, driving the opposition from the city with a withering rain of artillery fire. AP [Image] A Libyan ambulance worker, takes to the ground to protect himself from shelling, during fighting between Libyan rebels and pro-Moammar Gadhafi fighters, in Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, on Thursday March 10, 2011. The president of the international Red Cross says doctors in Libya are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of casualties, mostly civilians. Jakob Kellenberger said Thursday that local doctors over the past few days saw "a sharp increase in the number of casualties arriving at hospitals in Ajdabiya and Misrata" where there has been heavy fighting and air strikes. AP
[Image] Rebel fighters advance on the frontline as rebel Katusha rockets fly overhead towards government positions on March 9, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels pushed back government forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi towards Ben Jawat. Getty [Image] Two Libyan rebels load an anti aircraft gun cartridge by the entrance of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's forces pushed rebel fighters from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf on Thursday, driving the opposition from the city with a withering rain of artillery fire. AP
[Image] Libyan rebels take cover as a government jet fighter passes overhead near the frontline on March 9, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels pushed back government troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi towards Ben Jawat. Getty [Image] Libyan rebels fire Katusha rockets at government troops on the frontline on March 9, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels pushed back government troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi westward towards Ben Jawat. Getty
[Image] A rebel fighter naps ahead of a battle against government troops near the frontline on March 9, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels pushed back government forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi towards Ben Jawat. Getty [Image] Libyan rebels pause to pray before a battle with government troops on the frontline on March 9, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels pushed back government troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi towards Ben Jawat. Getty
[Image] Libyan rebels advance during a battle with government troops as a facility burns on the frontline on March 9, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels pushed back government troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi towards Ben Jawat. Getty [Image] Libyan rebels take cover while battling government troops on the frontline on March 9, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. The rebels repulsed a government offensive on Ras Lanuf and pushed back troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi towards Ben Jawat. Getty
[Image] A Libyan doctor treats a wounded man that was injured during clashes with pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces, at a hospital, in the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. AP [Image] Libyan volunteers cheer as smoke rises from the oil port of Sirdra in the background, in the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. AP