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| Libyan rebels reclaim Zintan |
| 2011-03-05 |
| [Maghrebia] Opposition fighters in Zintan, west of Tripoli, intercepted a large truck carrying about 50 pro-Qadaffy mercenaries. The truck was on its way from a camp near Az Zawiyah to Nalut, in the Nafusa Mountains, west of the capital. Despite attempts Thursday to retake the liberated town, opposition fighters successfully repelled Qadaffy's forces. Also on Wednesday, young people in Benghazi burned a pile of Qadaffy's manifesto, the "Green Book". They organised themselves in a large circle while throwing copies into fire, chanting "O, Qadaffy, you coward, come and face us on the battlefield!" They carried banners calling for a new constitution for the country. In other news, the body of a Tripoli schoolteacher was found on the street in the Abu Slim neighbourhood. Salim Bashir al-Usta, a teacher at al-Welayat al-Afriqiya School in Fashlom, was nabbed last Sunday. |
| Posted by:Fred |