The unrest in Libya has largely been centered in the eastern city of Benghazi. Ahmed, a businessman and resident of Benghazi who declined to give his real name for his own safety, told Al Jazeera that hospitals in the city were overwhelmed with the number of dead and injured and were running out of blood. Source: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com 19 February: Widespread protests continued for a third successive day. A YouTube video provided evidence that foreign mercenaries have been hired to kill protesters (after there have been widespread witness reports of the presence of mercenaries). The opposition warned of civilians massacre by the government unless the international community applied pressure. According to a death toll compiled by the AFP news agency from local sources, at least 41 people have been killed since demonstrations first erupted on 15 February. The toll excludes two policemen newspapers said to have been hanged in Al-Baida on 18 February. The New York-based Human Rights Watch, citing phone interviews with hospital staff and eye witnesses, said that security forces killed more than 80 anti-Gadaffi-regime protesters in unrest-swept eastern Libya. Opposition groups later put the number of dead at over 120. Witnesses in Libya have reported helicopters firing into crowds of anti-government protesters. The army withdrew from the city of Al Bayda. A YouTube video provides evidence civilians that have captured military armoured vehicles. Human Rights Watch and...

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