March 03, 2011

"Bring Bush!”

 

A Libyan rebel calls to the past, to George H. W. Bush, for a no-fly-zone. 

 

"Bring Bush! Make a no fly zone, bomb the planes," shouted soldier-turned-rebel Nasr Ali, referring to a no-fly zone imposed on Iraq in 1991…”

 

  

The fighting goes on and no respite is in sight for the rebels, nor Kaddafi, who’s hunkered down in a fortified Tripoli.   Pro-Kaddafi forces regained some ground:

 

 

Intense fighting between rebels and those loyal to Libya’s embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi suggests a civil war scenario is edging ever closer.

Footage, the origin of which is difficult to verify, appears to show anti-government recruits trying to drive back Gaddafi’s forces.

The renewed clashes came as a warplane launched airstrikes against the port town of Brega for a second day, according to witness reports.

The rebels insist they remain in charge of the vital oil terminal, Libya’s second biggest, after successfully foiling a counteroffensive by Gaddafi’s men yesterday.

Much of Libya, apart from Tripoli, also still appears to be out of the Libyan leaders control and in the hands of the rebels.

 

But it appears that it’s going to be seesaw fighting, back and forth, from a quick fight for liberation, to a possible, protracted civil war. 

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