Libya: Covert Guerrilla War In Tripoli -- The Telegraph
A covert guerrilla war, waged by underground rebel cells and fought mainly at night, is increasingly challenging the Gaddafi regime's hold over Tripoli.
Residents of the Libyan capital have spoken of an upsurge in drive-by shootings, attacks on security checkpoints and frequent gun-battles once darkness has fallen over the city.
Even as it fights opposition forces on three fronts to the east and south of the capital, the Libyan government has insisted that it has pacified Tripoli, presenting it as a bastion of unswerving loyalty to Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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My Comment: Libya's civil war has become a war of attrition .... one in which Gaddafi is slowly losing.His only hope now is for NATO to withdraw .... a prospect that I doubt will be happening any time soon.
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