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In Libya, coffins carry a mystery David Kirkpatrick and Kareem Fahim, Tripoli March 26, 2011 MORE than 30 coffins were carried to the Martyrs Cemetery on Thursday, escorted by hundreds of flag-waving supporters of Muammar Gaddafi chanting condemnation of what the state media said were civilian casualties of allied air strikes. But after two hours of noisy cheers - and very little grief - for what state television called ''victims of the crusader-colonialist aggression'', most of the coffins were taken away. Only about a dozen burials took place, and two Western photographers said some smelt of corpses dead for days. There was no way to know who or what was in the others, or what was going through the minds of those who turned up to cheer. Colonel Gaddafi's Libya is a country where even a coffin is sometimes a question mark. Four decades of ruthless penalties for dissent - and vast rewards for loyalty - long ago transformed public life into an elaborate theatre, with a heavy curtain between public expression and private opinion. And that curtain has made the conflict a shadowy affair in which it is often hard to tell who is playing what role - from the colonel's closest associates to the flag-waving crowds in the street. Advertisement: Story continues below Men pray for people supposedly killed in air strikes. But the contents of these coffins remain unclear. Photo: MOISES SAMAN At rallies in the city's central Green Square and the colonel's compound, Western journalists have run into at least three Libyans who had previously attended protests or made anonymous statements against the Gaddafi government. Some shadows extend even into the Gaddafi family. A week after the uprising began the official Egyptian news agency reported that Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, Gaddafi's cousin and aide, had flown to Egypt and resigned, ''to protest against the handling of the Libyan crisis''. His associates issued a statement calling for ''a halt to the bloodbath and a return to reason in order to preserve the unity and future of Libya''. But recently, rebel supporters in Cairo have asserted that his defection was a ruse. A Libyan mourner holds up a picture of Muammar Gaddafi while attending the funeral of the people who were killed after air strikes by coalition forces. Photo: Reuters ''That was a lie,'' said Hany Soufrakis, a rebel organiser in an email. ''He is very active in supporting Gaddafi in Cairo and the region.'' Mr Gaddaf al-Dam could not be reached but Ali Maria, the Libyan ambassador to Egypt and a Gaddafi loyalist, said this week that he too believed Mr Gaddaf al-Dam continued to support the colonel. In rebel Benghazi, leaders said that phenomenon has complicated their search for Gaddafi loyalists. They started looking for members of his network of civilian supporters known as the ''revolutionary committees''. But plenty of Gaddafi sceptics had also joined these committees in order to gain a visa to study abroad, paperwork to buy a car or various other perks. Perhaps most discussed of all is the case of Abdel Fattah Younis, Colonel Gaddafi's former interior minister, in charge of the extralegal detention and torture of untold numbers of dissidents. General Younis became an early defector to the rebel cause Then last weekend, state television began reporting that, far from deserting, he had recovered from a sick leave and returned to his job, leaving rebels and journalists wondering which side he had betrayed. The rebels say he is still working for them. But Ali Tarhouni, a newly appointed minister in the rebels' shadow government, sounded a little equivocal. ''I'm not sure we have somebody better,'' he said. On Monday, the government said it would bury 28 civilian casualties in the same cemetery. But none of the deaths could be confirmed and 24 graves were left empty. More than half were still empty at the end of Thursday. Ten British and American journalists who are in Tripoli tried to visit a hospital the same day, but security forces intercepted them and returned them to their hotel. So the contents of the coffins remained a mystery. NEW YORK TIMES --- In [email protected], "Jusfiq" <kesayangan.allah@...> wrote: > > Susulan: > > http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8579748-empty-coffin-at-mass-progaddaffi-funeral > > "A massive sham funeral appears to have been held for the benefit of Western > journalists Thursday in Tripoli, courtesy of Gadaffi TV. CNN's Nic Robertson > was on the scene with his government guide in tow but was unable to find any > family members of the deceased amongst the hundreds of people present. > The crowd was angry rather than mournful he stated, and when a coffin was > opened, it was empty. > Rumors that loyalists are digging up the dead in order to plant their bodies > and frame the Coalition are coming to light, however Western journalists > report that they have not seen any deceased persons as of yet, and would very > much like to keep it that way." > > > > --- In [email protected], "Jusfiq" <kesayangan.allah@> wrote: > > > > > > Ntar dulu.. > > > > Berita itu berasal dari pemerintah Libya, jadi kesahihannnya tidak terjamin. > > > > Yang jelas, TIDAK dikatakan bahwa korban itu, kalau memang ada, adalah > > penduduk sipil, artinya mereka itu adalah serdadu Libya yang kerjanya > > memmbunuhi pendudiuk sipil. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "widura" <a.widura@> wrote: > > > > > > Betul, penganut kristen (amerika cs)dan islam (arab) lagi asik > > > berbunuhan...benar2 biadab... > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: PAREWA <parewa70@> > > > Sender: [email protected] > > > Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:59:27 > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [proletar] jual obat poyok, 114 warga tewa > > > > > > > > > > > > Inikah penganut agama yg katanya damai. Ah kayaknya itu > > > semacam promosi obat poyok aja? > > > > > > 114 Warga Tewas sejak Digempur Sekutu > > > > > > Kompas â" Sab, > > > 26 Mar 2011 05.01 WIB > > > > > >  > > > > > > TRIPOLI, KOMPAS.com â" > > > Sedikitnya 114 orang telah tewas dan 445 orang terluka dalam empat hari > > > sejak Libya > > > digempur pasukan Barat plus Liga Arab. > > > > > > "Dari 20 hingga 23 Maret, serangan menewaskan 114 orang dan melukai 445 > > > orang yang lain," kata pejabat Kementerian Kesehatan Libya, Khaled Omar, > > > pada > > > konferensi pers di ibu kota Libya, Tripoli, Jumat (25/3/2011). > > > > > > Khaled Oamr tidak merinci jumlah korban antara warga sipil dan pasukan > > > bersenjata. Omar menjelaskan, 104 orang itu tewas di Tripoli > > > dan pinggiran kota > > > antara Minggu dan Rabu. > > > > > > Sementara itu, 10 orang tewas di Sirte, kota > > > kediaman pemimpin Libya, > > > Moammar Khadafy, sekitar 600 kilometer di selatan ibu kota. > > > > > > Sebelumnya, seorang juru bicara pemerintah menyebutkan, jumlah korban > > > sipil > > > hingga Kamis (24/3/2011) mencapai 100 orang. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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