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2011-08-15 Africa North

Libya rebels control Zawiyah‎, so they say

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Posted by Steve White 2011-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Meanwhile ...

* WORLD NEWS > I FEAR OSAMA BIN LADEN HIT SQUAD WILL KILL LOCKERBIE BOMBER AL-MEGRAHI TOO, SAYS FATHER OF [Lockerbie]VICTIM.

HMMMMM, HHMMM, Victim Dad believes al-Megrahi is innocent of the 1980's Lockerbie Bombing, + is afraid that SEAL TEAM SIX [US SPECOPS] will sneak into Libyuh after Megrahi + kill him like OBL???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-15 01:36|| 2011-08-15 01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 ...about 50 rebel fighters were milling around and triumphantly shouting "Allahu Akbar!"...

Oh yeah...this is gonna end well.

Posted by DepotGuy 2011-08-15 09:14|| 2011-08-15 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Holy crap, they simultaneously took Gharyan and broke into Zawiyah this weekend? That's a hell of a thing, that's a front collapse!

At this point, I'm thinking that the Ghaddafi "fire brigades" are fully committed to Brega & Zlitan, and the Nafusa Berber & Arab rebels are basically doing whatever they feel like doing. They've taken strategic points on the western and southern lines of communication out of Tripoli.

Combine those two occupations with the static coastal rebel front around Misrata, and it isn't exactly a siege situation, but Tripoli will start to feel the pinch. Gharyan in particular sits on the primary north-south road network between the irrigated farmland of south-central Libya and the capital.

Let's see if the Duck can pull another rabbit out of his hat & drive them out of one of the two towns. But can he get reaction forces to *both* towns without exposing them to destruction from the air?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-08-15 13:42|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-08-15 13:42|| Front Page Top

#4 In any event the boys will be home before Columbus Day.

Posted by S 2011-08-15 19:21|| 2011-08-15 19:21|| Front Page Top

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