In Libya minefields, ill-equipped rebel teams defuse devices
By: David Zucchino He searches for land mines, but he has no body armor or protective mask, no metal detector, no steel-toed boots. He wears dress shoes. His tools are a metal prod and an old rake....
View ArticleLibya rebels say they are advancing on Brega
By: Robert Birsel Libyan rebels on Saturday said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi’s forces had sown minefields across...
View ArticleVideo: The call for prayer made at mosque in Eastern Brega by revolutionaries
The Libyan revolutionaries made a huge push on August 11, 2011, entering and liberating the eastern part of Brega. A man makes the call for prayer on top of the mosque in the center of the city while...
View ArticleLibya rebels take casualties in fight for Brega
By Robert Birsel Rebels on the eastern front of Libya’s civil war lost 11 men in the past 24 hours fighting to capture the strategic oil terminal and refinery at Brega on the Mediterranean coast,...
View ArticleLibya Rebels Threaten a Supply Line to the Capital
By Kareem Fahim After a period of political turmoil, fighters opposing Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi advanced on several fronts on Sunday, seizing ground in the strategic city of Zawiyah that placed them on...
View ArticleVideo: On Brega’s frontline
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fired a scud missile for the first time since the uprising against his rule began six months ago, but it landed in the desert and injured no one. The missile was...
View ArticleVideo: Gaddafi’s son monitoring the planting of mines around Brega
Gaddafi’s fifth son, Mutasim Gaddafi, monitoring the planting of mines around Brega. Mutasim’s convoy in the video are advising each other to keep 100 meters between the cars when they move to avoid...
View ArticleLibya rebels claim capture of Brega oil hub
Rebels claimed they had captured the strategic oil hub of Brega in eastern Libya on Saturday, a day after saying they had seized two other key towns in their push to close in on Tripoli. In another...
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