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| Battle outside Tripoli, fighting spills to Tunisia |
| 2011-08-21 |
| [Straits Times] Rebels battled for towns on either side of the besieged Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday, and fighting spilled across the border into Tunisia, where Libyan infiltrators clashed with Tunisian troops. Tunisian security sources said their forces had intercepted Libyan men in vehicles with weapons and fought them through the night in the desert. They reported several casualties. The six-month-old war in Libya came close to the frontier this week after rebels suddenly seized the coastal city of Zawiyah just 50km west of Tripoli, surrounding the capital and severing its supply routes. Qadaffy's ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received... forces west of Zawiyah and near the Tunisian border have been effectively encircled and cut off from their own supply lines. Tunisia has beefed up its army presence in the border area. |
| Posted by:Fred |