Monday, March 14, 2011

Gaddafi forward: taking the port of Brega

The opposition guerrillas are losing ground in the ongoing civil war in Cyrenaica against the regular forces and militia in the pay of Gaddafi. According to an Agence France Presse correspondent on the spot, dozens of rebels are fighting in retreat after heavy bombardments of the new regime at the gates of Brega, a major oil port in Eastern Libya, about 250 km west of Benghazi.


Meanwhile, Gaddafi's men took control of the village of Al Bisher, including Uqaylah (further west) and Brega. The insurgents who were stationed at the entrance of Brega departed in a convoy of vehicles going to Ajdabiya, 80 miles to the east coast towards Benghazi. On Saturday, the armed wing of the movement, "February 17" had already left Uqaylah, now in the hands of Qaddafi, at a time of Brega.

Clashes have continued in the area throughout the day. And the news, reported by various media, of a "strategic retreat" that would bring the face of resistance close to Ajdabiya, according to Al Jazeera, the rebels have finally regained control of Brega. The issuer quotes Colonel Hamed Al Hasi, presented as a spokesman for the insurgents: "We captured 20 soldiers of Gaddafi and we killed 25.

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