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Libyan rebels get organised - Features - Al Jazeera English
A hundred yards inside the bombed-out western gate to Ajdabiya, Husain Ahmed Bukatwa stands around a smoldering fire smoking a cigarette and waiting for a tea kettle to boil. His blue keffiyeh matches his beret, on which he's pinned a revolutionary button bearing the image of the adopted opposition flag and Omar Mukhtar, the hero of Libya’s anti-colonial resistance.
( Update: The rebels found radioactive materials left over from Gaddafi’s uranium enrichment program, according to later reports , which does not meet the technical standard of a “nuclear weapon.” )
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The key role played by Britain in equipping and advising Libya’s rebel fighters for their final push on Tripoli was becoming clear last night as Col Muammar Gaddafi’s remaining forces staged a last stand around his bunker.
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An intelligence-gathering outlet that has proven accurate in the past has reported today that far from being merely a rebel uprising, the showdown in Tripoli over the last 48 hours is being “spearheaded” by British, French, Jordanian and Qatari Special Operations forces.Red Cross sends medical aid to Sirte - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have delivered medical supplies to Sirte amid growing fears of a worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged hometown of Muammar Gaddafi, the ousted Libyan leader. People streamed out of Sirte by the hundreds on Friday as Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC), said that NTC forces had called a two-day truce to allow civilians to leave.
Mass killing and humanitarian disaster in NATO siege of Sirte
Refugees from the Libyan coastal city of Sirte report that thousands have died as a result of relentless NATO bombardment and shelling by the the Western-backed “rebels.” The two-week-old NATO siege of Sirte has left the city without adequate food, drinkable water, medicine and other basic necessities of life, creating hellish condition for its population of 100,000.
Nato is targeting the town, held by forces loyal to the fugitive leader, but the attackers lack the forces to capture it, a BBC correspondent says. Meanwhile 15 guards were killed when pro-Gaddafi forces attacked an oil refinery near the town of Ras Lanuf.
BBC News - Libya conflict: New fighting in town of Bani Walid
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Rebels Invade Qaddafi Compound - NYTimes.com
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TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebels stormed Moammar Gadhafi’s main military compound in Tripoli Tuesday after fierce fighting with forces loyal to his regime that rocked the capital as the longtime leader refused to surrender despite the stunning advances by opposition forces. Follow Live Coverage feed.BBC News - William Hague hails a 'historic day for Libyans'
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled.Who, today, does not thrill to the spectacle of freedom in Tripoli? A brave people, civilians in the main, exiles who returned to their devastated country, students with no military skills—all headed to the front in their pickup trucks to reclaim their homeland from a tyrant who had turned it into a laboratory for his mix of megalomania and derangement.