Libya - Past and Present. Libyan Jets Bomb Eastern Towns, But Rebels Hold On. Hide caption Libyan rebels watch smoke rising from an oil pipe just outside the town of Ras Lanuf, where many anti-regime fighters retreated after artillery and airstrikes from government troops Wednesday. Marco Longari/Getty Images Hide caption Refugees who fled Libya bathe in the Choucha refugee camp, near the Tunisian border town of Ras Jdir on Tuesday. The Red Cross and the United Arab Emirates plan to build two new camps on Tunisia's border. An estimated 100,000 mainly foreign migrants have crossed from Libya into Tunisia since Feb. 20, Tunisian officials said. Dominique Faget/Getty Images Hide caption An injured rebel fighter is brought to a hospital in Ras Lanuf on Tuesday. Hide caption A Libyan border guard walks through an empty customs hall on the Libya-Egypt border on Thursday. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro said the port, home to one of the largest oil refineries in Africa, was bombed by Libyan jets.
Screaming Warplanes And Heavy Gunfire Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images. Liberty and Justice for Libyanes Petition. LIBYA: State TV reports significant gains for pro-Kadafi forces; rebels, journalists deny claims | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times. Libyan state TV claimed Sunday that forces loyal to leader Moammar Kadafi had recaptured a number of key towns from rebels -- claims swiftly denied by the rebels and some news organizations.
Kadafi-controlled TV said troops had retaken Libya's third largest city, Misurata, and the key oil pipeline hub Ras Lanuf. The report also claimed that Kadafi troops were in control of Tobruk in the far east. Throngs of Kadafi supporters waving green flags reportedly took to the streets of Tripoli to celebrate the announcement. But rebels and journalists on the ground rejected the claims. The Qatar-based pan-Arab news network Al-Jazeera said its reporter in Libya denied claims that Kadafi brigades had recaptured Tobruk, Ras Lanuf and Misurata. Reporters from the Agence France-Presse news agency disputed that Ras Lanuf had been recaptured by Kadafi forces. --Alexandra Sandels in Beirut Photo: A Libyan rebel fighter mans a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf. Protest Map |
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