The U.S. government is ordering non-essential staff to exit Libya due to increased violence spurned by the continuing unrest in the region. Despite the difficulty of getting information directly from Libya, Geneva-based Libyan News Network is reporting that phones are cut in Tripoli and that there is a “massacre” in Green Square in Tripoli’s city center. Al Jazeera is confirming that Libyans pilots landed two fighter jets in Malta after refusing to bomb protesters and that the Libyan Ambassador to the EU has resigned. Larry talks with a local Libyan who has direct contact with Libyan officials and protesters.

Guest:

Omar Turbi, Southern California CEO and Libya expert. Omar Turbi has held posts of Chairmanship of the Arab American Republican Club, a member of the board of Trustees with the World Affairs Council, a member of the National Advisory Committee with American-Arab Anti discrimination Committee (AADC), the largest American Arab grass roots organization in the USA. Mr. Turbi had the honor testifying before the United States Congress- Committee on Foreign Relations on U.S Libya Relations and 2001, he was nominated by several senior members of Congress to be an Adviser to the White House on Libyan affairs. He wrote the instructions for the UN Amnesty for Libya.