Live: Libya turns into one giant party to mark two years since the uprising - Polidicks

[B]UPDATE:[/B] If you saw this thread two days ago and are wondering why it's back, that's because they're back out on the streets again for 17 February, marking the true start of Libya's revolution. These celebrations are even larger than before. [t]http://imgkk.com/i/16_g.jpg[/t] [t]http://imgkk.com/i/sm2-.jpg[/t] [t]http://imgkk.com/i/h_fr.jpg[/t] [t]http://imgkk.com/i/hqfk.jpg[/t] [B][url=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/libya-alwataniya]Libya Alwataniya live stream![/url][/B] [B][url=http://mubasher.aljazeera.net/livestream/]Aljazeera livestream[/url][/B] Footage from 17 February 2011 - Libya's Day of Rage: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T--Bd0j3BU[/media] [quote=Original OP, 15 Feb]The celebrations have all been organised by private citizens rather than the government, as the government says they're better that way. Several groups had been planning protests today to call for things such as better security and more decentralisation, but almost all of them have been [url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/uk-libya-anniversary-idUKBRE91E0LB20130215]cancelled[/url] at the last minute to avoid any chance of violence. There had been security fears but so far nothing untoward has happened. Low-level celebrations have been ongoing for days but will peak today, marking the start of major protests, and the 17th, marking the "Day of Rage" on which Gaddafi's security forces opened fire and the Battle of Benghazi began. [B]Two years ago today, where it all began:[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89FRsl_QoWs[/media][/quote]

Time flies.

2 years? WHAT?! I remember it to be around 8 months ago! ...somebody give me a calendar, I gotta sign shit up or else.

Man it feels like its been 3 years.

2 years? I feel like I was only discussing Gaddafi bombing protesters a few months ago.

Daaamn and i think a week is too damn long

jesus it doesn't seem that long ago i was like 7 years old when it happened

Some little girl is leading the crowd's chants :3 she's standing on a box to reach the mic

Good day to be a Libyan, I guess.

Can't be two years already, title must be wrong.

iirc it started two years ago, not ended. Anywho, remember we've been hearing about syria and other similar situations since then, so it's not live we've had a break and it seems closer as a result

Watching this warms my heart :3

its good to see Libya with a new government and freedom

wasn't there a post about this like a few days ago

[img]http://imgkk.com/i/qhq-.jpg[/img] They're back out on the streets again today to mark 17 February, the Day of Rage which marked the true beginning of the revolution. Both the streams in the OP are covering it again. Many government officials including Prime Minister Ali Zeidan are in Benghazi today for the celebrations. Thousands of people were out at midnight, and [url=http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/02/17/tripoli-welcomes-in-17-february/]set off tons of fireworks[/url] when the clock ticked round to the 17th. Even Libya's [url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1236691]passion for ice cream[/url] is evident: [img]http://imgkk.com/i/iek7.jpg[/img] [quote=Libya Herald]“In all Qaddafi’s 42 years he spent millions of pounds trying to make people celebrate for him but it never worked”, said one observer. “Now people are reaching into their own pockets and throwing the biggest party the country has ever seen.”[/quote]

It looks as if they just won it all over again. Good on them, I foresee this is a big national holiday of theirs for quite a while.

[QUOTE=smurfy;39620684] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/iek7.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] icecream looks tasty

I think this is some street art or something, I found it a few days ago. Libya dreams big [img]http://imgkk.com/i/wdli.jpg[/img] Also, I have no idea [img]http://imgkk.com/i/l0sl.png[/img] Berber flag in the bottom right, minorities represent: [img]http://imgkk.com/i/r_mm.jpg[/img]

i didn't choose the smurf life, the smurf life chose me.