Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Libya War News Updates -- March 30, 2011



Libya: Rebels Retreat From Ajdabiya In See-Saw Battle -- The Telegraph

The latest swing of the pendulum saw panicked rebel fighters fleeing their fleetingly-held gains in the west of Libya.

"Back to Benghazi!, defend Benghazi!" yelled one young man from the back of his pickup as it tried to force its way through a traffic jam at a squalid checkpoint strewn with rubbish.

Only five days earlier rebels had burst out of their eastern base of Benghazi following a storm of Nato air strikes that had left Col Muammar Gaddafi's tanks and armour as smoking wrecks.

That five-day Libyan rebel offensive ended yesterday in desperate flight as the rebels hour-by-hour deserted all their gains to fall back once again to their stronghold. The total reverse was the latest tilt of the see-saw: eastern rebels have twice approached Col Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte and twice fled back. They are starved of weapons and unprotected by more attacks from British, French and American warplanes.

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More News On The War In Libya

Rebels retreat from Libya oil port under attack -- Yahoo News/AP
Libyan rebels flee east from Gaddafi bombardment -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Libyan rebels scatter, world mulls sending arms -- Yahoo News/AFP
Bombs blast new front after Gaddafi forces fight back -- Sydney Morning Herald
Gaddafi forces push rebels back -- BBC
Libya rebels, under fire, beat rapid retreat east -- Reuters
Gaddafi's forces roll back rebels -- Press Association
Gaddafi offensive pushes rebels back further east -- Reuters
Pro-Qaddafi Forces Push Rebels Into Chaotic Retreat -- New York Times
Gadhafi Forces Close in on Rebels in Libyan Oil Port -- Voice of America
Gaddafi troops retake key oil port of Ras Lanouf -- The Guardian
Libya rebels flee as Gaddafi retakes Brega -- The Guardian
Misrata battle killed 18 residents on Tuesday:rebels -- Reuters
Gaddafi's stand risks stalemate in the east -- Al Jazeera
Rebels say Gadhafi uses rape as fear tactic in war -- Washington Times

Obama: Can't back Libyan rebels "with both feet" -- CBS News
Supply of arms to rebels possible despite embargo -- Sydney Morning Herald
US set to give arms to Libyans -- Sydney Morning Herald
Western leaders consider arming Libyan rebels -- CNN
Libya: Britain backs Clinton view that UN has sanctioned arming rebels -- The Guardian
Confusion Reigns Over Arming Libyan Rebels -- SKY News
US paves way to arm Libyan rebels -- The Guardian
US and Britain may arm Libya rebels if Gaddafi clings to power -- The Guardian
Washington in Fierce Debate on Arming Libyan Rebels -- New York Times
Libya warns against arming anti-Gaddafi rebels -- MSNBC/Reuters

Allies Intensify Call for Gadhafi to Step Down
-- Wall Street Journal
Libya: Cameron and Sarkozy demand that 'Gaddafi must go' -- The Guardian
At London Libya meeting, the 'soft power' side of international action -- Christian Science Monitor
"One voice" at Libya conference sounds dissonant -- CBS News
Questions remain after London Libya conference -- BBC
London Libya conference leaves Gaddafi's fate undecided -- The Guardian

Libya threatens to sue firms over rebel oil deals -- Reuters
Polls show public divided on military action in Libya -- Washington Post
Uncertainty Surrounds Libya Mission, Polls Show -- Real Clear Politics
Uganda would welcome Libya's Gaddafi -- Daily Nation

Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis On the War In Libya

Why more weapons wouldn't help Libya's rebels – at least not right away -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Mission Unaccomplished -- Ross Kaminsky, American Spectator
Arming Libya's rebels: A cautionary tale -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC
Jumping the gun in Libya -- Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, Washington Times
Team Obama, world police -- Washington Times editorial
Hillary's War -- Victor Sharpe, American Thinker
Two Libyan States? -- J.R. Dunn, American Thinker
Assassinating Gaddafi -- Paul Kengor, American Thinker
Double vision over Libya -- Donald Lambro, Washington Times
Libyan Rebels no Bargain for U.S. -- Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
Did Barack Obama channel George W. Bush in his Libya speech? -- Andrew Malcolm, L.A. Times

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