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Libyan revolutionaries retake Brega
 Libyan revolutionary forces have recaptured Masra El Brega city east of the capital Tripoli following heavy clashes with Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's forces.The protesters seized back Brega on Wednesday after the city fell under Gaddafi's forces control for minutes. "It's true. There was aerial bombardment of Brega and Gaddafi's forces have taken it," said Mohamed Yousef, an officer in the town of Ajdabiyah, which is about 75 km (47 miles) from Brega. Opposition fighters are preparing for battle as forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi fight to regain control of towns they've lost during the revolution. The preparations come as forces loyal to Gaddafi are trying to create a buffer zone around Tripoli to prevent the opposition from taking over. According to latest reports, thousands of protesters are advancing past the suburbs of Tripoli where Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is holed up. Meanwhile, anti-government leaders in the Libyan city of Benghazi have formed a military council. Gaddafi's bloody repression of anti-government protesters have claimed the lives of thousands of people over the past 16 days and the death toll is expected to rise as Gaddafi continues his bloody crackdown against the opposition. Daffy isn't dead yet, he survived the initial phase of his regime's collapse (which Ceausescu didn't) and has consolidated his position. He has many friends and allies in the world who have an interest (some have a vital interest) to keep him alive, at least as a party in a civil war if not as ruler of Libya. For those players it would be a very desirable outcome if the only victims of the Arab unrest were moderate, 'pro-western' regimes. To achieve that goal they might act, clandestinely, even without a UN mandate. If he pulls off a comeback like Saddam in 1991 there will truly be 'rivers of blood.' Posted by: Javiper Whavimble3831 2011-03-02 |
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