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 * 1) Muammer El Qadaffi came to power in 1969
 * 2) It is believed that Qadaffi was behind the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
 * 3) Children were aloud weapons in the rebels.
 * 4) The rebellion started in Febraury 2011
 * 5) This rebellion came after the dictators of Tunisia and Egypt fell
 * 6) The main base of the rebels has been Benghazi
 * 7) About 30 civilians are being held at various rebel military bases around Benghazi
 * 8) Muammer Qadaffi came to power by overthrowing King Idris of Libya
 * 9) detainees are held for three days and then handed over to Benghazi prosecutors for trial
 * 10) On march 19 American and European forces began airstrike campaigns aganist Qadaffi's forces
 * 11) Libya is rich in both oil and natural gases
 * 12) April 30th Qadaffi's son was killed in an airstike
 * 13) Qadaffi's supporters burned the the American, Italian, and British embassies in Libya
 * 14) Some 200 protesters in the coastal city of Benghizi showed support - February 16, 2011
 * 15) Qadaffi's son appeared on television to warn the people protesting about the civil war that would occur if the protests continued - February 21, 2011
 * 16) Violence surges in Libya's second-largest city, Benghizi, where protesters take control of the city
 * 17) Revelotions started after fall of Mubark in Egypt
 * 18) U.S donated $25 million to rebels
 * 19) U.S wants Gaddafi gone, but doesn't support regime change
 * 20) NATO is involved
 * 21) NATO destroys military vehicles and assets rather than buildings
 * 22) The oil minister of Libya fled to Tunisia on May 17
 * 23) The Hague has issued a warrant for the arrest fo Qadaffi
 * 24) Gaddafi cut off the Libyan access to the internet, mainly Youtube
 * 25) Gaddafi also restricted electricity to the major cities, the rebels have power anyways
 * 26) Rebels control a vast majority of the oil refineries
 * 27) Qadaffi's forces fired missiles called grahhts onto the rebels base near the border.
 * 28) Countries will ceasefire after Gaddafi surrenders
 * 29) Gaddafi's name can be spelled many different ways
 * 30) The rebels control a long-narrows piece of territory that is 271 Kilometers long and about 25 Kilometers wide
 * 31) The number of airsrikes has decreased the past week
 * 32) Over 25 American reporters in Libya today
 * 33) The rebels have held Nafusah Mountains since Feburary 2011
 * 34) The Nafusah Mountains have been held by the Berbers
 * 35) The Berbers have long hated Qadaffi for his Arab nationalist regime
 * 36) According to reports there only a few hundred untrained Berbers holding these Mountians
 * 37) Two "Red Cross" type medical workers were purposefully targeted by pro-Gaddafi forces in the city of Misurta
 * 38) Libyan prime minister offered truce in exchange for ceasefire
 * 39) Gaddafi has commited several crimes against humanity
 * 40) women were involved in the rebelion
 * 41) Turkey closed it's embassy on May 3rd
 * 42) Boats have supplied the rebel troops in Benghazi
 * 43) These boats come from Misurta
 * 44) NATO has supported these supply ships
 * 45) Rebels want to trade oil for guns
 * 46) a boat carrying hundreds of refugees sank off the coast of Tripoli
 * 47) European Union foreign policy cheif visited the rebels in Benghazi
 * 48) People must be at least the age of 17 to join in the military in Libya
 * 49) More than 200 people have died
 * 50) Almost a thousand are injured

Brandon's notes
 * 1) The U.S. has spent over 225 million dollars on launching missiles to libya
 * 2) Libyan soldiers have captured a group of New York journalists
 * 3) The U.S. have already frozen $32 Billion in Libyan assets
 * 4) Barack Obama has demanded for Libyan forces to retreat from Misrata
 * 5) It could take up too $800 million to fully establish a no fly zone in Libya
 * 6) 14 more oil companies have been identified that are under U.S. sanction
 * 7) Over 323,000 immigrants have fled Libya due to violence
 * 8) Half of the U.S. population agrees with how Obama is handling the Libya situation
 * 9) Many people believe the the president should widen the no-fly-zone
 * 10) Currently the no fly zone is costing an upwards of $100 million to keep it a week
 * 11) Libyan attacks have been reduced by ~50%
 * 12) 141,000 immigrants have already past through the Egyptian border due to violence
 * 13) Mosques have been destroyed to show gaddafi's power
 * 14) France has received threats from the Libyan fighters
 * 15) The Libyan rebels are running very low on supplies
 * 16) France has taken up a key role in the war in Libya
 * 17) Many civilians have been killed in Ajdabiya
 * 18) There is a lot of anti-aircraft fire in major cities
 * 19) A plane crashed near a Libyan village injuring 3 people
 * 20) Italy is the biggest supplier of weapons to Libya
 * 21) Malta is the biggest supplier of chemical weapons and small arms to Libya
 * 22) The ICC is seeking a Gaddafi arrest warrant
 * 23) The rebels are now receiving many foreign funds
 * 24) The Libyan rebels have captured a key airport
 * 25) Misrata's Tripoli street has been attacked for the second time in a row
 * 26) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12480844 was used for these notes

Anthony's Notes > > >  > >
 * 1) Libya's military expenditures dollar figure is approximately at $1.3 billion
 * 2) Libya's military expenditures percent of GDP is at about 3.9%
 * 3) In Libya, there are about 8,873 refugees
 * 4) There are approximately 3,481 km of gas pipelines across Libya
 * 5) There are approximately 6,916 km of oil pipelines across Libya
 * 6) Inside Libya there are 141 active Airports
 * 7) In Libya there are 2 Helipads
 * 8) Qadhafi has no official title for executive of Libya, but is de facto Chief of State
 * 9) In total there are approximately 6,036,914 Inhabitants in Libya
 * 10) NATO aircraft's launched a barrage of strikes on the Libya capital
 * 11) The Libyan Military currently has 1,503,647 people available
 * 12) The Libyan Military currently has 890,783 people that are "Fit to Serve"
 * 13) Libya has around 800 main battle tanks
 * 14) The Libyan Military has around 120 Reconnaissance Vehicles
 * 15) The Libyan Military has around 1,000 Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles
 * 16) The Libyan Military has around 945 Armored Personnel carriers
 * 17) The Libyan Military has around 2,421 Artillery pieces (444 self-propelled, 647 towed)
 * 18) The Libyan Military has around 500 Mortars
 * 19) The Libyan Military Air-Defenses Surface-to-Air missle count is at around 424
 * 20) The Libyan Navy has about 2 patrol submarines
 * 21) The Libyan Navy has about 3 Surface vessels
 * 22) The Libyan Navy has about 16 Patrol and Coastal Ships
 * 23) The Libyan Air force has about 394 Combat capable aircraft
 * 24) The Libyan Air force has about 7 Tu-22 bombers
 * 25) The Libyan air force has about 187 fighters
 * 26) The Libyan air force has about 180 fighter-ground attack
 * 27) The Libyan Air force has about 7 surveillance/Intelligence Aircraft
 * 28) The Libyan Air force has about 85 Transport Aircraft
 * 29) The Libyan Military has about 4,829,000 weapon holdings
 * 30) The Libyan Military has about 830 multiple rocket launchers
 * 31) The Libyan Military has about 76,00 Active personnel
 * 32) The Libyan Air force has about 67 Helicopters
 * 33) The Libyan Navy has 1 Frigate
 * 34) The Libyan Navy has 7 Amphibious craft
 * 35) The Libyan Navy has about 32 Naval Ships
 * 36) Libya Produces about 1,712,000 bbl/day of oil
 * 37) Libya consumes about 266,000 bbl/day of oil
 * 38) Libya has 45,000,000,000 proven oil reserves
 * 39) Libya has about 1,770 km of coastline
 * 40) The Libyan Military has about 67 helicopters in is Air force
 * 41) The Libyan military has about 76,000 active military personnel
 * 42) The Libyan Military has about 40,000 Military personnel in reserve
 * 43) Libya has about 1,830,000 in labor force
 * 44) The Libyan Military has about 3,000 paramilitary units
 * 45) Libya has about 2,757 km in railroads.
 * 46) Libya is approximately 1,759,540 km in square land area
 * 47) The Libyan military has about 1,540 total tanks
 * 48) The Libyan military has 500 mortars
 * 49) The Libyan military has about 800 Anti-Aircraft weapons functioning
 * 50) The Libyan Military has about 3,000 Anti-Tank guided weapons
 * 51) The Libyan Navy has 1 frigate
 * 52) the Libyan Navy 7 Amphibious craft
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Aaron's notes __[]__
 * 1) France, Italty, Qatar, Gambia, and the Maldives have recognized the rebels.
 * 2) Mustapha Abdul Jalil is the head of rebel council.
 * 3) On March 4th the Khamis Brigade attacked the rebel town of Zawiyah
 * 4) Hussien Darbouk was in charge of the rebel forces in Zawiyah
 * 5) Hussien Darbouk is a defected Libyan army officer
 * 6) MI6 british agents are in Libya
 * 7) British Special Forces are in Libya
 * 8) Libyan officials say they will use human sheilds as defense aganist air strikes
 * 9) On May 13th US has already spent 750 million in Libyan War
 * 10) Head of Private Security Contractor was killed in Libya
 * 11) The circumstances of his death are unknown
 * 12) The transitional goverment (rebel gov) is called the transitional national council
 * 13) The rebel goverment has kept traffic control and trash collection going
 * 14) The rebel goverment even has radio stations to broadcast with
 * 15) Qadaffi wrote a book called the //green book//
 * 16) In a battle near Brega rebels killed 36 enemy troops
 * 17) The rebels only lost 6 men
 * 18) The prime minister of Turkey has called for Qadaffi to step down
 * 19) Turkey is a very important regional power
 * 20) The rebels thanked Turkey for isolating Qadaffi
 * 21) In Misruta the rebels have hidden workshops
 * 22) They have added machine guns to trucks
 * 23) On May 3rd Turkey has closed its embassy in Libya
 * 24) NATO strike killed 12 libyan rebels
 * 25) This accident occured outside of Misruta
 * 26) Putin has criticized NATO for interferring in Libya
 * 27) Berber Rebels in west capture a boarder crossing
 * 28) The crossing is at Wazen
 * 29) The rebels are armed with inferior weapons
 * 30) One weapon they have is the MAT-49
 * 31) The MAT-49 was produced decades ago
 * 32) Qatar has been providing money for the rebels
 * 33) Qaddafi claims that the refugee camps are fake
 * 34) Libya rejected an Afican Union call for cease fire
 * 35) NATO has had trouble identfying enemy targets
 * 36) This is becaus of little reconn

Dyaln's notes Glenn's notes
 * 1) Even kids fight in the Revolution
 * 2) Gaddafi used propaganda and fear to keep his power
 * 3) Zaiwai had deadly protests
 * 4) British and german soldiers looked through the desert for stranded oil workers
 * 5) This is not expected to get better in the near future
 * 6) Libya is producing less oil than usual
 * 7) Libya makes 1/50th of the world's oil
 * 8) People are seeking refuge in surrounding countries
 * 9) Libya is socialist
 * 10) Many terrorist attacks were traced back to Libya
 * 11) Gaddafi is hiring mercenaries
 * 12) Obama said a negotiation isn't possible
 * 13) France and Arabs cease-fired
 * 14) U.N wants to end the war, not globalize it
 * 15) Obama had no intentions of sending ground troops
 * 16) Russia banned arms sales to Libya
 * 17) Libya owns $4 billion dollars of Russian military hardware
 * 18) Countries like France are using concrete bombs
 * 19) Libya has nukes
 * 20) Libya claims it is using nuclear power for safe purposes
 * 1) Protesters were attacked by pro-Gaddafi forces, right after a Friday, noon-time service
 * 2) there were tear gas explosions everywhere during the attack
 * 3) The protesters who were fired at were saying "the people want to bring the regime down"
 * 4) In a speech about Libya, President Obama stated that the U.S. was supporting evacuation of the libyan people.
 * 5) In his speech Obama also said that he sent the International Development Agency to Libya to help the people.
 * 6) The U.N. Food Program launched a program to provide food to 2.7 million people in Libya, Tunisia, and Eygpt
 * 7) the U.N. also stated that there are more than 100,000 refugees along Libya and Tunisia's border alone
 * 8) Pro-Gaddafi forces captured 3 members of a Dutch navel helicopter crew in Sirte.
 * 9) The dutch crew that was kidnapped were carrying out a rescue mission
 * 10) The Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte said that the top priority was to make sure that the members of the crew get home safely
 * 11) Pan Am 103 was a plane which exploded as a result of a bombing, in 1988
 * 12) Pan Am 103 blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland
 * 13) Everybody on the plane was killed.
 * 14) There were 243 passengers and 16 crew members on Pan Am 103 when it blew up
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 * 16) http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0223/Pan-Am-Flight-103-Qaddafi-ordered-it-bombed-says-Libyan-minister