No victor emerged in yet another bloody day of clashes in Libya. Pro-Gaddafi forces beat back a rebel onslaught near the coast on Sunday, stopping the opposition's westward advance after a momentous weekend in which they captured the oil port of Ras Lanouf. But the rebels vowed to regroup and make another push to take the coastal town of Bin Jawwad-and decried a Gaddafi victory rally in Tripoli as a farce. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues to rage in Zawiya, a strategic city near the nation's capital, and Misrata, where a vicious attack by pro-government forces left at least 18 people dead.
Babak Dehghanpisheh reports from the frontline. Plus, full coverage of the Libyan uprisings.
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The attack helicopter circled around the checkpoint at the edge of Ras Lanouf, a key oil town in eastern Libya, as a rebel fighter blasted...
Babak Dehghanpisheh reports from the frontline. Plus, full coverage of the Libyan uprisings.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Four Missing New York Times Journalists
The attack helicopter circled around the checkpoint at the edge of Ras Lanouf, a key oil town in eastern Libya, as a rebel fighter blasted...
- 3/6/2011
- by Babak Dehghanpisheh
- The Daily Beast
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