Eastern Libya Today
Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2674
A Libyan rebel carries a rifle covered with the colors of the rebel forces April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. Rebels skirmished with Libyan loyalist troops April 8, taking close mortar fire at strategic Ajdabiyahs western edge even as they tried to stop advances by the troops loyal to longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Libyan rebels on a truck withdraw from the western edge of Ajdabiyah as mortars fired by Libyan army troops crash down nearby April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Libyan rebels pray while a comrade stands with a rocket propelled grenade launcher on the western edge of Ajdabiyah April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Rebel fighters grieve over the body of a comrade in the Ajdabiyah morgue after he was killed during clashes with government troops April 10, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. NATO aircraft hit the Libyan government trucks during an attack on rebels holding the strategic town of Ajdabiyah April 10, leaving behind the burned remains vehicles and at least 15 government troops. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
A rebel fighter holds his nose as he views the charred remains of Libyan army loyalist soldiers after they were bombed by NATO forces April 10, 2011 on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
A rebel soldier stands near the charred remains of a Libyan army loyalist pickup truck bombed by NATO forces April 10, 2011 on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Rebel fighters celebrate after firing powerful rockets toward Libyan Army positions near the western gate of Ajdabiyah April 11, 2011 on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
A rebel fighter looks down the main highway awaiting a rumored Libyan Army advance April 11, 2011 between the crucial towns of Ajdabiyah and Brega, Libya. Rebels continued to hold the strategic town of Ajdabiyah a day after NATO air power struck army troops loyal to Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi nearby, helping the rebels secure the city. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Rebel fighters gear up on the main highway awaiting a rumored Libyan Army advance April 11, 2011 between the crucial towns of Ajdabiyah and Brega, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
An Islamic religious leader and rebel supporter (R) chant to rally rebel fighters awaiting a rumored Libyan Army advance April 11, 2011 between the crucial towns of Ajdabiyah and Brega, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
A cat scampers down an empty street near debris from recent fighting between Libyan Army forces and rebels April 12, 2011 near the west gate of Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Rebel fighters return from front lines April 12, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
A Libyan rebel fighter uses binoculars to look at the horizon for enemy forces near the western gate April 13, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)