Ali Abdul Karim, who claims to be 14, in Ras Lanuf, Libya, after he hitched a ride with fighters from his home in Benghazi. Lynsey Addario for The New York TimesGaddafi's Iron Fist Won't Help Him Keep A Grip On A Divided Nation -- The Independent
It has been a week of military reversals for the rebels, but their spirit remains unbroken, reports Donald Macintyre in Tripoli.
The walls across the street from the Murad Aga mosque in Tajura were freshly whitewashed to cover up the anti-regime graffiti that has been repeatedly scrawled on them in the last three weeks.
Before the mid-morning Friday prayers, the streets of this easterly working class suburb 10 miles from the centre of the Libyan capital were eerily quiet, with just a few customers passing through the two general stores that were open.
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My Comment: The Independent nails it on the nose in explaining why Gadaffi may eventually be forced out of Libya. His forces may conquer a town or city, but the men that will be left behind to police it for him .... probably only a few in number .... will be faced with a population that overthrew his predecessors, and will probably be tempted to do it again.
After each victory Gadaffi will need to leave a sizable force to keep the peace .... but does he have the resources to do this .... I have my doubts.
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You're looking at it from a Western, conventional war, standpoint.
Think "Hama", but on a national scale.
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