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| Libyan troops 'force rebels out of Brega' |
| 2011-03-13 |
| Heavy fighting is being reported in Libya's eastern town of Brega, as forces supporting Colonel Gaddafi advance on rebel-held strongholds. Dozens of rebel fighters are pulling out of the area amid heavy shelling, witnesses say. "Brega has been cleansed of armed gangs," a military source was quoted on Libyan state television as saying. Libyan rebel forces have been losing ground for days, including the key oil port of Ras Lanuf on Saturday. In other regional developments: * In Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters blocking the main road into the capital's business district, and encircled the protesters' main camp, eyewitnesses said * In Yemen, dozens of people are wounded in clashes between Yemeni police, firing live bullets and tear gas, and anti-government protesters at the main opposition sit-in in the capital, witnesses said |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 ION RELATED > NEWS KERALA = REBELS WARN OF CATASTROPHE IFF [pro-Gaddafy] LIBYAN FORCES ATTACK BENGHAZI CITY. and * SAME > CIVIL WAR COULD SPLIT LIBYA INTO TWO PARTS. Muammar Gaddafi viewed as controlling a POST-CHAOS/JASMINE "WEST LIBYUH", while the Rebs fare worse wid a new sovereign East Libyan entity that has little to no Economy, Access to Oil Wealth [Failed State?]??? VERSUS * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > INSTEAD OF FEARING ANOTHER IRAQ [Gaddafi = new post-DESERT SHIELD/STORM Saddam Hussein], THE WEST SHOULD [Just]DO RIGHT BY LIBYA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-13 23:57 |
| #1 Update Libyan rebels warns of 'half a million dead' as Gaddafi's men take Brega and advance on Benghazi |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-03-13 18:07 |