Casualties Mount in Libya Protests

The Middle East continues to boil over with anti-government protests, and the deaths are piling up in Libya in particular.   Here is a heart-rending quote from one of the protesters to CNN:

The government's firm grip on power heightened the concerns of a woman from Benghazi, who urged U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to help the Libyan people in the face of the government crackdown. 

"We have no freedom here," she said. "I speak to all the world, to America, to Mr. Obama: Please help us. We (did) nothing. We want to live a good life."