RE: Libya Protests: Tripoli In Open Revolt, Pro-Gaddafi Gangs Terrorize Capital
February 28, 2011 at 6:05 pm
The Libyan military has bombed an arms depot to prevent it from being used by rebels. They're using scorched earth tactics now, even as their own capital amasses forces to revolt there.
REF: http://www.haaretz.com/news/internationa...i-1.346294
REF: http://www.haaretz.com/news/internationa...i-1.346294
Quote:Libyan warplanes reportedly bombed an arms dump inside a rebel-held eastern district on Monday, two senior security sources said, as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Tripoli to demonstrate against long-time leader Muammar Gadhafi.
"It's true, they hit an arms dump in Djabiya. No one was hurt. It happened at around 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon," said Fathi Abidy, a member of the security council set up by the temporary administration in Libya's main eastern city Benghazi.
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But rebel officers say many more stayed behind to gather at makeshift training camps in schools and burnt-out barracks.
"We can give them what they need: training in assault, in defending a position. They should know that we are here to protect the youth revolution," said Marai Lojeli, a colonel in his 50s.
