The battles have grown in earnest in Libya. Muammar Gaddafi, seeing his grip on Libya slipping away, has stepped up his offensive, launching an attack on the oil and port city of Berga early in the morning. The protesters fought valiently as gunfire ripped through the night air to keep the pro-government troops at bay. All this as Gaddafi, in other speech of unimaginable confusion, claimed that there was no opposition to his rule and that the uprising was at the hands of foreigners and a conspiracy of the west. And yet photos from of protesters keeping signs refuted this maddening delusion.
Later in the day, as the protesters were celebrating an leading defensive victory, fighter jets bombed the town, with some correspondents of Al Jazeera on hand to peruse and spectacularly photograph the explosions. Four citizen were killed in the attacks and many more were injured, and the terror of the ever-looming air troops spiked in the hearts and minds of those in opposition-held areas, including Benghazi. When an where, they authentically wonder, will the next air raid come?
Battle Of Tripoli
Wednesday, a day which was stamped with events of significance around the world (including a lethal attack on American soldiers in Germany and the suspected murder of a leading activist in Saudi Arabia at the hands of state security), found the world's eyes squarely fixed on the unfolding events in Libya as the protesters prolonged to fight long after that lethal air raid, and news of the region prolonged to surface throughout the afternoon through assorted news sources and the internet.
Among the news was the capture of a pro-government commander in Misurata, including his communications equipment (which was of American origin), and battles that prolonged to be won against a sporadic but near constant offensive by pro-Gaddafi forces. At the Tunisian border, the urgency of days past also seemed to lessen, although conditions prolonged to be poor and the government threatened to forestall refugees from fleeing the country. And mercenaries, paid by Gaddafi to fight against the protesters, have prolonged to be captured in larger numbers, with Al Jazeera reporting a total of in the middle of 50-60 this week.
And yet reports were not all in favor of the opposition. Twitter posts have reported family members of those in Benghazi who continue to reside in Tripoli are being captured, and prolonged evidence of torture by the Gaddafi regime are being uncovered by protesters. A funeral was also held today for man who died in an attack that he should have survived but for lack of permissible and adequate healing care, and Al Jazeera has reported that Gaddafi troops are "throwing patients from windows," kidnapping children, detaining activists, and starving prisoners to death. And late this evening, an unconfirmed distress call has surfaced online purported to be from Berga warning of an impending "massacre" at the hands of truckloads of mercenaries, starting for deliverance from God.
The United Nations, the Arab League and the African Union prolonged to deliberate the possibility of enforcing a no-fly zone in the air space above Libya to safe protesters. And the International Criminal Court launched an introductory investigation into possible war crimes committed at the hands of Gaddafi, with a promise for additional details to be released tomorrow. And world leaders are taking ever stronger stances against the intense violence as the protesters additional organize, grow in estimate and strength, and get ready for an all-important offense that must come soon to liberate Tripoli. Gaddafi's rule, it seems, may be nearing its end.
And yet, so much fighting is yet to come. Where peaceful uprising prevailed in Egypt and Tunisia, it seems distinct that the citizen of Libya will tragically have to buy their relaxation with blood, thanks to the madness of Gaddafi, who seems article to die. The hearts and minds of the world, desperate but unable to meaningfully help, will be watching anxiously as the citizen rise, take their arms and tell this ruthless dictator that has ruled for four decades that they will no longer stand for his tyranny.
The rest of the Middle East, and alas the world, should take observation and take heed; nothing, not even oppression and violence, can stand in the middle of the carefully and undaunted masses when the relaxation they crave is at hand.
The Battle Rages in Libya
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