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MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Iran Forced to Remove Fuel from Bushehr Reactor
by Chana Ya'ar FEB 26,11

Iran has confirmed it has been forced to begin removing fuel from its nuclear reactor at the southern city of Bushehr, citing safety reasons but providing few other details. The move adds another delay to the startup for the reactor, which was to produce electricity for the nation by January, but which missed its first deadline.Iranian nuclear envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh told the ISNA news agency the fuel was being ejected from the core of the reactor so that tests could be conducted.

The Russian engineers involved in the construction of the plant had advised the move, he said. Based on Russia's request to run tests and technical measures, the fuel will be unloaded from the core of the reactor and will be returned to it after completion of the experiments and technical work, Soltanieh said.The process of unloading the fuel from the reactor could take up to six days, according to a source close to the project quoted by Reuters.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to supervise the process, Soltanieh said.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

UN Security Council Delays Vote on Libya Sanctions
by Chana Ya'ar FEB 26,11

The United Nations Security Council delayed a vote Saturday on whether to impose sanctions on Libya.Envoys from Brazil, China India and Portugal opposed the decision to impose sanctions against Libya as a means of forcing dictator Muammar Qaddafi from power. They recommended milder language that would allow the situation to be referred to the International Criminal Court at The Hague, but not require such a move.The recommendation would have charged Qaddafi with war crimes for the deaths of at least 1,000 of his countrymen in protests last week. Diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity told reporters that Portugal was concerned about the safety of its citizens still in Libya.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to the membership earlier in the day to avoid imposing sanctions, saying it would do no good. Erdogan accused the international body of being concerned primarily with Libya's oil supply, rather than its people.The people are already struggling to find food, how will you feed the Libyan people? Sanctions, an intervention, would force the Libyan people, who are already up against hunger and violence, into a more desperate situation, Erdogan warned. We call on the international community to act with conscience, justice, laws and universal humane values – not out of oil concerns.
The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva called on Friday for an investigation into possible crimes against humanity in Libya. In addition, the world body also recommended that Libya's UNHRC membership be suspended.

US Sanctions, EU, Canada Next?
The United States, meanwhile, approved sanctions against Qaddafi and his family on Friday. President Barack Obama signed an executive order freezing the U.S.-based assets of the Libyan leader and four of his children.In addition, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his country was in the process of enacting sanctions against Qaddafi's regime.The European Union is considering a similar move. Christoph Steegmans, spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said in a statement that Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron both agreed in a phone conversation on Saturday to support sanctions by the EU against Libya.The two also expressed their firm support for sanctions against the Libyan dictator by the U.N. Security Council.

UK, US Embassy Staff Flee Libya
Two British military planes rescued more than 150 civilians Saturday from the Libyan desert, according to a report from London.Britain's Foreign Office also issued a statement Saturday saying it has temporarily suspended operations at its embassy in the capital. UK interests will be represented by the Turkish government until further notice, Associated Press reported, although British Consul Lauren Johnstone remained in Tripoli. Most of the embassy staff left Saturday.A flight carrying U.S. citizens departed from Tripoli on Friday, removing the last of America's embassy staff as well. As with the UK Embassy, the American Embassy in the Libyan capital was also closed until further notice.

Libyan Interim Government Formed
Meanwhile, an ex-minister has taken steps to form an interim government, albeit outside the capital and out of harm's way, according to the website of the Quryna newspaper, quoted by Reuters.Former Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud Ajleil has allegedly formed an interim government in the city of Benghazi.The newspaper quoted Ajleil as saying he held Qaddafi alone responsible for the crimes that have occurred in Libya. The dictator's tribe, Qaddadfa, he reportedly said, was forgiven.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Egyptian Military Beats Protesters in Cairo
by Chana Ya'ar FEB 26,11

Egyptian military police beat protesters camped outside government offices Saturday near Tahrir Square, after a midnight curfew took effect.Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in the central Cairo square throughout the day on Friday, ABC News reported. Demonstrators vowed to continue the revolution and called for the dismissal of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, among others.Some 150 of the protesters made preparations to spend the night, hoping to pressure officials into additional reforms. Among their demands were the ouster of the remaining members of the former regime of ex-President Hosni Mubarak.Both uniformed and plainclothes security personnel moved in after midnight, beating young protesters, firing in the air and launching tear gas canisters at the crowd.The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces later issued an apology, saying what happened late Friday was the result of unintentional confrontations between the military police and the youth of the revolution. The military council added that it did not and will not issue orders to attack the youth, and all measures will be taken to ensure this will not happen again.Demonstrators are vowing to continue the Friday protests until the country's emergency laws are repealed, and all political prisoners are freed. Another demonstration is planned for next Friday.Since Mubarak was toppled from power earlier this month, both parliamentary houses were disbanded by the military. Elections are to be held within six months.The military has also promised to uphold constitutional reforms that were put into place prior to Mubarak's fall.(Israel NationalNews.com)

IDF Retaliates for Sabbath Rocket Attacks
by Chana Ya'ar FEB 26,11

The Israel Air Force was kept busy over the Sabbath retaliating for rocket attacks fired from Gaza at Jewish communities in southern Israel.Overnight Friday, Israeli fighter pilots attacked two terror targets in central Gaza.On Saturday, IAF aircraft targeted a terrorist tunnel and two terror activity sites in southern Gaza. The tunnel was intended to be used by terrorists to infiltrate into Israel and to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.Arab terrorists in Gaza fired a Kassam rocket at the western Negev Friday night, which exploded in an open area. The Color Red rocket alert system sounded in several cities in the area.Terrorists also fired a mortar at Israeli targets on Saturday afternoon. No one was injured and no damage was reported in either attack.Since the beginning of January, more than 50 Kassam rockets, mortar shells and Katyusha Grad missiles have been fired at southern Israeli communities.Since last Wednesday, four missiles exploded in Be'er Sheva and the Sdot Negev Regional Council district.The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli civilians or IDF soldier and will continue to respond harshly to terror, said the IDF Spokesman in a statement.The IDF holds the Hamas terrorist organization solely responsible for maintaining the calm in the Gaza Strip and for any terrorists activity emanating from it.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Saudi King Responds to Unrest with $37 Billion Aid
by Maayana Miskin FEB 25,11

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah returned to his country Wednesday after spending three months in the United States for medical treatment. The king returned to a changed Middle East in which Arab leaders have been ousted from rule or are facing mass demonstrations for their resignation.He has since announced a $37 billion aid package for Saudi citizens in the lower and middle classes, and has released three Shiite Muslim political prisoners.The announcement was made as support grew for a Facebook group calling for Day of Rage protests in Saudi Arabia in March similar to those in Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain and elsewhere. Protesters plan to call for an elected government, more rights for women, and the release of political prisoners.

Political analysts believe King Abdullah may also be concerned by the prospect of unrest among Shiite Muslims similar to that in Bahrain, where the Shiite majority has taken to the streets in opposition of the Sunni Muslim leadership.Shiite Muslims in Saudi Arabia have no representation in government, and are often the victims of incitement from Sunni Muslim religious leaders, who view them as believing in a false faith and as possible Iranian agents. Unlike in Bahrain, they are a religious minority; however, many of Saudi Arabia's oil fields are located in majority-Shiite regions.Abdullah plans to meet with the king of Bahrain as well.(Israel National News.com)

EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3-7
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,(EU WORLD DICTATOR)the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

France says Gaddafi must go, as EU finalises sanctions
VALENTINA POP 25.02.2011 @ 17:44 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday (25 February) became the first EU leader to explicitly call for the resignation of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi, as civilians continue to be shot on the streets of Tripoli. Our position is clear: Moammar Gaddafi has to go," Mr Sarkozy said during a press conference in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul. The repeated and systematic violence against the Libyan people is unacceptable and will be the object of an international probe, he added. The remarks echoed similar comments made a few hours earlier by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who warned the dictator that no one is beyond reach of international law.In an emergency meeting of the UN security council in New York on Friday, the UK and France also pressed for a world-wide arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze against the Libyan hardman and his loyalists.The EU is working on similar measures of its own. Diplomats said the legal details and the names to go on the list are to be finalised over the weekend and are likely to be adopted by next Wednesday. EUobserver understands that Germany also backs the initiative.Earlier this week, foreign ministers failed to agree on sanctions, mainly due to reluctance from Mediterranean member states. Italy was the main anti-sanctions country, with Rome wary of provoking the unpredictable Libyan leader at a time when thousands of EU citizens were still in his domain.

The violence has since escalated to an extreme degree.

Speaking to Al Jazeera on Friday, the UN high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, said there is carnage and terrible bloodshed on the streets of Tripoli.
People came out in mass protests on the streets of Tripoli after Friday prayers and Gaddafi forces opened fire with live ammunition. In the eastern cities of Benghazi and Tobruk, which are no longer under Mr Gaddafi's control, tens of thousands of demonstrators carried banners in support of protesters in the capital city.We are working on sanctions, looking at what is most effective and adopted reasonably quickly in collaboration with our international partners, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Friday at a press conference in Godolo, Hungary, after chairing an informal meeting of EU defence ministers.The ministers did not discuss military intervention, speaking instead about how warships and airlift could be used to evacuate people.Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen convened an urgent meeting of member state ambassadors later on Friday after attending the Godolo event.It is absolutely outrageous that the Libyan regime apparently is using armed forces against its own people. Right now, our focus is on evacuation and possibly humanitarian assistance, he said. He added that it is important for the EU and Nato to co-ordinate activity.Nato sources told this website that a no-fly zone is unlikely to be imposed because it would complicate the security situation and the evacuation efforts. US defence secretary Robert Gates had floated the idea earlier this week.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

EU assists in Libyan evacuation efforts
ANDREW WILLIS 26.02.2011 @ 00:13 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU's Monitoring and Information Centre is supporting member state efforts to evacuate the remaining 2,500 European citizens trapped inside Libya, amid reports of ongoing violence on Friday (25 February).Run by the commission, the MIC is a one-stop-shop for the civil protection resources owned by its 31 members (EU27, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Croatia). Any country affected by a major disaster, either member or non-member, can apply for assistance under the mechanism.Our role is to identify additional transport capacities that can be made available, Hans Das, head of the MIC's 15-man emergency response unit told EUobserver, regarding its role in the Libya evacuations.Estimates suggest roughly 2,500 European citizens are still struggling to leave Libya, with Tripoli's airport chaotic but functional, while Benghazi's in the east is out of operation.Most EU states have taken charge of their own evacuation operations. Among the unilateral initiatives, Britain is sending a Royal Navy destroyer to the Libyan coast, with around 100 Bulgarians set to leave Benghazi aboard a Turkish ship when seas become calmer, Reuters reports.

Germany is sending three ships for its citizens, a Spanish military plane carrying 124 people landed in Madrid on Friday, while Athens has evacuated 227 Greeks and Cypriots from Tripoli and Sabha aboard three C-130 military aircraft.Roughly 1,000 EU citizens are estimated to be stuck in the eastern part of the country which are no longer under the control of Moammar Gaddafi. About 100 EU citizens working for various oil companies are trapped in the north-eastern town of Jalu, of which 30 to 40 are in a company office without access to food, said Mr Das giving an example.
Efforts are now under way to find a small aircraft which can land on the company's private airstrip, with the external action service's intelligence body (SitCen) holding a teleconference with member states on the subject on Thursday evening.On Friday afternoon France made a ship available to the MIC after the EU body put out a request. It will leave Malta this evening and arrive in Benghazi tomorrow, with EU member states indicating they want to put 200 citizens on board. France had decided to waive the 50 percent co-funding of transport costs that the MIC can provide. Of the 15 people working in the emergency response unit in the Beaulieu region of Brussels, 10 are member state officials on secondment, helping to co-ordinate member state transport offers with the list of requests. We are not here to take over from member states,insists Mr Das.

Since Wednesday when the Hungarian EU presidency activated the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism, ten non-EU member states have also contacted the MIC for assistance, including Ukraine and the Philippines.France has also offered to make a military airbus available, together with a second ship from 3 March.A far greater number of non-EU citizens appear to be trapped inside Libya. Roughly 1.5 million Egyptians, 30,000 Chinese and 7,000 from Turks are still inside north Africa state, reports the BBC.The EU announced on Friday it would provide €3 million in humanitarian aid to help those suffering as a result of the violence.

Barroso-Putin tete-a-tete: three victims named
ANDREW RETTMAN 25.02.2011 @ 17:36 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso named three prominent victims of the Russian regime in a private conversation with the Russian leader in Brussels on Thursday (24 February).Barroso spokesman Michael Karnitschnig said his boss called for progress on the cases of Sergei Magnitsky, Anna Politkovskaya and Mikhail Khodorkovsky during a tete-a-tete with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin which lasted at least 30 minutes and during which only the two men and their interpreters were in the room.Seats reserved for the Russian delegation in the commission press room.Mr Karnitschnig said that Mr Barroso told Mr Putin to respect Russia's commitments as a signatory to Council of Europe, OSCE and UN charters and that his plan to modernise the Russian economy will fail unless he cleans up the legal system.Neither of the two men went into detail of what is happening on the Politkovskaya and Magnitsky murder investigations or the Khodorkovsky appeal process.It [their conversation] is not a court of law or a police investigation where both leaders would go into detail, the commission's Mr Karnitschnig remarked. Putin gave a very elaborate explanation about where Russia stands on rule of law. He pointed to the complexity of Russian society and of its transformation process.

Mr Karnitschnig said the atmosphere was frank, open.Close relatives of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered anti-corruption crusader Sergei Magnitsky and jailed oligarch-turned-reformer Mikhail Khodorkovsky, as well as others, had earlier in the day appealed to Mr Barroso to show courage with Mr Putin.Two senior Portuguese journalists who personally know Mr Barroso, a former Portuguese leader, told this website that he is a decent man who genuinely cares about human rights.
There was little scope to talk about the subject in the press conference, however.
Time was allocated for two questions from Russian media (on a new EU-Russia treaty, on EU energy law) and two from the EU press corps (on stability in Russia's north Caucasus, on Russia-Libya economic ties). But there was no specific question on human rights in Russia.Olivier Bailly, the commission official who selected which reporters would get the chance to speak, said he did not know what the questions would be in advance. I asked Dmitry [Peskov], Mr Putin's spokesman, if Mr Putin would be comfortable with questions on human rights and he said Oh Yes. He loves them.The only thing he asked is for a balance between Russian and European press, Mr Bailly said.Mr Barroso did urge Mr Putin to respect rights in his scripted opening remarks at the media briefing.But the message was not heard or seen in Russia. The Putin delegation flew in almost 60 radio and TV journalists to cover the event. But according to Tanya Lokshina, a Human Rights Watch activist in Moscow, Russian news coverage on the day made no mention of Mr Barroso's appeal and instead broadcast some very general stuff emphasising Russia's prominent role in world affairs.

Celebrity factor

Mr Putin, a fearsome former spy chief and a sex symbol in some Russian households, created a celebrity buzz among EU officials.The commission press service said only reporters could go in the press room in order to keep a sober atmosphere. But some EU officials with unrelated portfolios sneaked in to see him anyway. The Russian delegation also fixed passes for three people from its Brussels-based PR firm, GPlus, to mingle with press and spin the Russian line.There's a lot of stress in case something happens. But it won't, one EU official noted, as journalists in the front row joked that somebody might throw a shoe at the Russian PM. I'm scared that if I look at my iPhone someone will shoot me, he quipped, referring to Mr Putin's bodyguards.In protocol terms, there was a minor flap when the commission discovered it did not have a Russian flag to hang up for cameras.The visit forced EU interior ministers in a separate building to cancel a press briefing on Libya because of Putin security arrangements, causing annoyance. It's a bit Byzantine, isn't it? I wonder if the Russians ordered all this, one EU diplomat said. An EU official noted that the US tends to make an even bigger song-and-dance, however. When Bush came in 2004, all non-essential commission officials were told to go home,he said. The massive Russian delegation hired 30 limousines from the commission car pool, specifying that they only wanted German brands such as Mercedes, Audi and - for junior officials - Volkswagens. But the pomp-and-circumstance of the occasion was lost on some.Throughout Mr Putin's opening remarks to media, his energy minister, Sergei Shmatko, sitting in the press-room front rows, kept yawning deeply. His foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, used the time to check messages on his phone.