Qaddafi Attacks East Libya to Wrest Control of Oil Facilities From Rebels - Yahoo! Finance
The Libyan Fox at Bay by Eric Margolis
cool article gives some perspective.
My feeling is this is more a tribal issue than a freedom issue. Someone decided they could tip the balance by funding part of the tribes and setting them against each other to force a leadership change to benefit from.
Differences between Libya and others is that there is a large tribal structure present AND their leader sort of is more or less more involved in military matters, ergo at least part of the army was going to keep loyalty. Libya is most similar in this respect to Syria.
Qaddafi Attacks East Libya to Wrest Control of Oil Facilities From Rebels
Ola Galal and Mariam Fam, On Wednesday March 2, 2011, 6:16 am EST
Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi counterattacked against rebels who have seized the east coast ports where much of the country’s oil is refined or shipped abroad.
Qaddafi’s forces won back control of Brega on the Gulf of Sidra early today, and then lost it again to the rebels, Al Jazeera television reported. State television said government troops control the airport and port. The town, southwest of the opposition’s main base in Benghazi, contains a refinery and tanker terminal. A weapons depot in Ajdabiya, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Brega, was bombarded and a convoy of vehicles carrying pro-Qaddafi troops was seen headed toward the town, the British Broadcasting Corp. said.
Ola Galal and Mariam Fam, On Wednesday March 2, 2011, 6:16 am EST
Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi counterattacked against rebels who have seized the east coast ports where much of the country’s oil is refined or shipped abroad.
Qaddafi’s forces won back control of Brega on the Gulf of Sidra early today, and then lost it again to the rebels, Al Jazeera television reported. State television said government troops control the airport and port. The town, southwest of the opposition’s main base in Benghazi, contains a refinery and tanker terminal. A weapons depot in Ajdabiya, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Brega, was bombarded and a convoy of vehicles carrying pro-Qaddafi troops was seen headed toward the town, the British Broadcasting Corp. said.
cool article gives some perspective.
My feeling is this is more a tribal issue than a freedom issue. Someone decided they could tip the balance by funding part of the tribes and setting them against each other to force a leadership change to benefit from.
Differences between Libya and others is that there is a large tribal structure present AND their leader sort of is more or less more involved in military matters, ergo at least part of the army was going to keep loyalty. Libya is most similar in this respect to Syria.
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