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2011-02-26 Africa North

Benghazi jugs Afromercenaries; Residents set up defenses

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Google 'canadianpress' and 'benghazi' for some interesting accounts of recent events in Benghazi:
The assault on the base known as the "Katiba" was the defining battle in the fall of Libya's second largest city to the opposition uprising that has swept away Gadhafi's rule in the eastern half of the country. "Every time they killed one of us, more came," said Mohammed Haman, a lanky 29-year-old sporting a bandanna and an American accent from six years living in Baltimore. "When they started shooting, we hit back with bricks."
Others fired homemade explosives known as "jalateen" essentially gunpowder stuffed into a tin can normally used in the unsportsmanlike local style of fishing. They fired them over the high walls with spear guns, also used for fishing.
Others commandeered bulldozers and tried to breach the walls, often succumbing under heavy fire.
"You wouldn't believe how much they were trying to capture the barracks," said Dr. Abdullah. "The young people were making human shields for the drivers of the bulldozers," he added, describing how he received four people all shot in the chest at the same height, while guarding a bulldozer.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-26 06:57|| 2011-02-26 06:57|| Front Page Top

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