No Water, Food Or Power – And Still The Rebels Resist Regime's Attacks -- The Independent
In Ajdabiya, a city under siege where loyalists are launching indiscriminate strikes, Kim Sengupta witnesses a dirty war.
A city besieged and battered, those of its people who remain living without food, water or power for days and facing daily attacks: that was Ajdabiya yesterday as Muammar Gaddafi's forces fought to retain their hold on this strategic gateway to the east of Libya.
Despite the destruction of the regime's tanks and artillery by pulverizing Western air strikes and the terrified retreat of its troops, the rebels, not for the first time in this war, failed to press home their advantage and retake the city. Instead, they had fled in abject panic at the first sign of a counter-attack.
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My Comment: Libyan forces that are loyal to Gaddafi have been very lucky that the rebels have not been able to coordinate their attacks with Western coalition air power. But I suspect that this is only going to be a short reprieve. The rebels are going to get armed .... and they are going to get organized .... and with time they are going to be knocking at Gaddafi's door in Tripoli.
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