Gadaffi brings in foreign mercenaries to quell uprising.

Reports from Libya say that Gadaffi has brought in mercenaries from other African states and they are reportedly being paid considerable sums.  The mercenaries have a "shoot to kill" policy according to one doctor who has been treating victims in a hospital in Benghazi.

Gadaffi has also barred journalists from entering the country and Al Jazeera has been blocked, including its website.  The BBC says that intense violence is being waged against protesters by the Gadaffi regime much like the US backed absolute monarchy in Bahrain and Human Rights Watch said 84 had died in Benghazi as well as in a number of other cities in the east. "I have been seeing injured people being carried in all day. They have been shot in the head and chest. They have broken arms and legs. There is shooting going on everywhere,", one doctor tells the BBC but "We have no choice. We have been suffering for 42 years and we are not going,"  says one woman.

Another woman tells the BBC:
"Please, please tell the world - let the world know that he's killing the people for no reason. They're very peaceful protesters. He's bringing foreigners from nowhere, from nowhere, Africans, black African snipers shooting the people in the streets of Benghazi, now he's attacking Benghazi itself with rocket missiles."

Another eyewitness, named only as Ahmed, told al-Jazeera the killing in Benghazi was unprecedented.
 "We've never heard of anything like this before. It's horrible," he said.
Here is a link to those killed in Libya (Thanks to Michael Pugliese for the link)




The Wall Street Journal reports that 100 have been killed in the Libyan demonstrations but as of this morning in Bahrain, the protesters have retaken the square that the  military had driven them from previously using water cannon and live ammunition.

Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, Union leaders are promising the bosses that they'll hand over their members' living standards if they just let them keep ta seat at the negotiating table.

Videos from Al Jazeera English