This report has some amazing news:
This morning witnesses said members of a Libyan army unit had defected and "liberated" Benghazi from Mr Gaddafi's forces.
Two residents of Benghazi told Reuters members of the army's "Thunderbolt" squad had switched sides after days of violence.
"They are now saying that they have overpowered the Praetorian Guard and that they have joined the people's revolt," lawyer Mohamed Al-Mana said by telephone.
Libya's permanent representative to the Arab League, Abdel Moneim al-Honi announced his resignation this morning, saying he was quitting his position in order to "join the revolution" unfolding in his country.
"I have submitted my resignation in protest against the acts of repression and violence against demonstrators [in Libya] and I am joining the ranks of the revolution," he said in Cairo, where the pan-Arab group has its headquarters.
The leader of the Al-Zuwayya tribe in eastern Libya threatened to cut oil exports to Western countries within 24 hours unless authorities stop what he called the "oppression of protesters".
This is always a key point: will a national army fire on its revolutionary brothers and sisters, or will it join them?
UPDATE: M 21 Feb, 14:24 CST. Libya's Deputy Ambassador to the UN calls on Gaddafi to quit or be kicked out by the Libyan people:
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