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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Clashes Continue Between Pro-Gadhafi And Opposition Forces

Unidentified pro-Gadhafi security forces stand near a checkpoint on a street in Qasr Banashir, southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya. (AP)

Unidentified pro-Gadhafi security forces stand near a checkpoint on a street in Qasr Banashir, southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya. (AP)

Residents of the Zawiya, the opposition-held city closest to Libya’s capital, passed out sweets and cold drinks to fighters today and celebrated with a victory march after they managed to repel an overnight attack by pro-Gadhafi forces.

Witnesses said pro-Gadhafi forces battled opposition forces in Zawiya for six hours overnight, but could not retake control of the city 30 miles west of Tripoli.

Witnesses also said the regime offered to cash to rebels in exchange for giving up control of the city. Pascale Harter from the BBC’s Libya desk joins us from London with the latest.

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  • Ctb

    There are right wing commentators supporting Qaddafi because they fear the radical Muslims. Really. Name them. This is the kind of off hand slur that give public radio a bad name. What a ridiculous assertion to make. To observe that chaos in the region may provide opportunity for extremists is not the same as supporting dictators. The irony is that it is Chavez and Ortega that are finding themselves unable to untangle from Qaddafi. Those heroes of the left continue to support Qaddafi not the right.

  • Anonymous

    I agree with Ctb–where did this assertion come from? And does Robin consider the NY Times “hard right”. This headline appears this afternoon on the NY Times webpage: Powerful Cleric Joins Protest to Urge Islamic Rule in Yemen, first line of story: A former mentor of Osama bin Laden who maintains ties with President Ali Abdullah Saleh expressed support for the protests against the government.

  • Anonymous

    I agree with Ctb–where did this assertion come from? And does Robin consider the NY Times “hard right”. This headline appears this afternoon on the NY Times webpage: Powerful Cleric Joins Protest to Urge Islamic Rule in Yemen, first line of story: A former mentor of Osama bin Laden who maintains ties with President Ali Abdullah Saleh expressed support for the protests against the government.

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