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Subscribe to RSSPhotographers Phil Moore and Chris Hondros, who have been reporting from inside the besieged Libyan city of Misrata for the past several days, today followed rebel fighters into a house where pro-Gadhafi forces had been holed up.
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Rebels fighters escape from a building they had entered on Tripoli Street in the city of Misrata, believing they had already captured it from troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, on April 20. Rebels entered the building, but were fired upon by several gunmen still inside.
Chris Hondros / Getty Images
Rebel fighters discuss how to dislodge a number of ensconced troops, loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, who were firing on them from the next room during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata on April 20. Rebel forces assaulted downtown positions, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building.
Reuters spoke by phone to a rebel spokesman in the city who only gave his first name, Reda.
"Fighting is still going on in Tripoli Street," he said. The rebels "are now controlling 50 percent of the street. The other 50 percent is controlled by Gadhafi soldiers and snipers".
Phil Moore / AFP - Getty Images
Rebel fighters storm out of a building occupied by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi on Tripoli Street in Misrata on April 20.
Chris Hondros / Getty Images
Rebel fighters carry a comrade wounded during the effort to dislodge pro-Gadhafi troops who were firing on them from a building (background) during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata on April 20.
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Sounds like the rebels could use a few stun gernades and tear gas to flush the rats out of the hole
I just finished reading a book entitled Dispatches, authored by Michael Herr.
Dispatches tells the story of The Vietnam War through the eyes of a jounalist who spent years in South East Asia getting The Story. I'm afraid that what I see happening in The Middle East is very similar to Vietnam in the way it is unfolding, while it is heartening to see Journalists covering the conflicts, I hope they won't have to be there for decades, Getting the Story.
War isn't a movie, a book, or a story, it is simply survival, life and death.
No matter how goofy he is.. you have to respect how Ghaddaffi has refused to bow down. Even with all the forces against him, he is putting up a fight that is at best a stalemate and if not interfered with, would have ended weeks ago.
The media is showing a picture of an injured child, yet this is only 1/100,000th of the death cause by Bush’s “Shock and Awe” campaign in Iraq. The media never showed pictures of the limbless children from Bush’s war of choice. Does the media think Americans are that stupid and irrational that they can now get us to fight a war over what Bush did 100,000 times over?
The rebels are a force of 1,500. Many are al Qaeda. They are not wearing uniforms and are placing civilians at risk by hiding behind civilians. This is an international war crime as is hiding behind civilians and in population centers. Why won’t they move into the open and fight like an army? They are not an army, nor are they representative of the people.
They will never consolidate power without foreign occupation. The rebels represent less than .005 % of the population. The advisors ought to tell the rebels to flee. That should be their advice. War for regime change is an international war crime.
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They are not radicals, they the great majority of everyday people in Libiya bravely fighting tanks and artillery.
what is so radical about wanting simple human rights.
the difference between that side of the world is that over here we can take a boat to america, or simply cross
the Border. Over there where does one go... Fighting is thier alternative for what we take for granted
We can only rely on impressions from the media and responsible journalists like Daniel Ware and Richard Engel. Literally NOBODY knows all about what's going on. Still, the impression is that the rebels are an ill-armed and disorganized force with nothing holding them together but their willingness to get out on the streets and fire small arms and shout. They have no leader. Should they topple Qaddafi and kill him, we have no idea who would take his place or what his policies might be. We haven't the slightest idea of whether the replacement government would be effective or whether it would devolve into tribal warfare. If it weren't for NATO (ie., the USA), Qaddafi would have cleared the streets long ago. We are beginning now, not merely to defend the demonstrators against extermination, but to attack Qaddafi and his forces directly, which is a common process and is called "mission creep."
We should be asking ourselves some very hard questions at this point. Instead, as is so often the case, we're rooting for one side or the other. It's not a football game.