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BY SAMUEL JOSEPH

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Twenty-four dead.  And it may not be over. As the so-called “Days of Rage” spread across the Middle East, they are met with different responses. In Libya, long ruled by dictator Muammar Gaddafi, it was out-and-out violence.

CAROLINE MALONE: “Sources suggest Libyan security forces shot and killed demonstrators. Some of the worst casualty numbers were reported in the city of Beida, where according to Human Rights Watch, hospital staff put out the call for additional help as they became overwhelmed with injuries.”

And that’s not all. Channel 4 News spoke with a nurse in a Libyan hospital who says not even the hospital zones are safe.

“...last night, armed men, wearing ‘military or police’ uniforms, which the nurse had ‘not seen before’ entered the hospital at around 2am, and carried away three patients who were involved and injured in the protest...”

And unlike the protests in Egypt that successfully ousted that country’s president - BBC says Gaddafi enjoys more support in Libya -- at least in the capitol.

BENJAMIN BARBER: “The fact is in Libya, in Tripoli, where Colonel Gaddafi and his family are most of the time, there isn’t anything like the anti-Gadhafi feeling that you get in Benghazi 2,000 kilometers away over east towards Egypt where the rival clans, for 25 or 30 years, have seen Gadhafi as a tribal enemy and trying to make trouble for him.”

And Human Events suggests - also unlike the Egyptian protesters - Libya’s opposition isn’t likely to see much U.S. backing.

“...Libya’s demonstrators can’t count on much support from the Obama Administration... The Libyan people are going to have to display some real progress against the Qaddafi regime before President Obama will suddenly declare he’s been 100% behind them all along...”

Rallies renewed Friday after the funerals for the protesters who died. So far it is unknown if there have been any further deaths.
 

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