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| Tidbits from the Libyan Eastern Front |
| 2011-08-15 |
| From ArabNews reports: In the east, rebel forces clashed with Qaddafi's soldiers in the oil town of Brega but there were no reports of casualties on Sunday, a rebel spokesman and a hospital volunteer said. "There are engagements but we're going slowly. This is our strategy because we want to avoid casualties," said Mohammad Zawawi, head of the rebels' media center in their stronghold of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Sixteen rebels were killed and about 50 wounded over three days of clashes in Brega up to Sunday. At least six of Qaddafi's soldiers were also killed. Brega is strung out along about 15 km of Mediterranean coast. The rebels have captured a residential neighborhood in the east while Qaddafi's troops still hold an oil terminal in the town's industrial sector in the west. Setbacks for Qaddafi's forces near Tripoli were unlikely to undermine the morale of his troops in the east because they had no access to the news, Zawawi said. "They don't let them use radio or television. They don't know anything about what's going on," he said. "Captured Qaddafi troops don't know anything." |
| Posted by:Steve White |