Friday, August 12, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates August 12, 2011



Summary Of The American And International Press On The Libyan Revolution - Tripoli Post

(Aljazeera.net) - Libyan rebels have reportedly captured several residential districts of Brega, a strategic city for Muammar Al Qathafi's government as other forces press towards Zawiyah.

Speaking on Thursday, Moussa Mahmoud al-Mograbi, a spokesman for the rebel forces, said: "It is liberated. It is under our control now."

Another spokesman, Mohammad Zawawi, said two rebel fighters were killed and 30 wounded in the fighting.

Brega's western half, where its oil facilities are located, remains in the control of Al Qathafi's forces.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

FACTBOX-Latest developments in the Libyan conflict -- Reuters
Libyan Rebels Claim They Captured Part of Brega -- FOX News
Gaddafi forces still hold Brega oil terminal, refinery -- National Post
Libya rebels take casualties in fight for Brega -- Reuters
Libya rebels on offensive six months into uprising -- Yahoo News/AFP
Libyan rebels report progress advancing toward Tripoli -- CNN
Isolation, airstrikes take toll in Gaddafi's Libya -- Reuters

Libyan civilian casualties concern U.N. -- UPI
UN Leader Expresses Concern Over Civilian Casualties in Libya -- Voice of America
UN chief warns of casualties in Libya as fighting continues -- Xinhuanet
UN chief alarmed over civilian casualties in Libya -- Reuters
Ban Ki-moon alarmed over rising civilian toll in Libya -- The Telegraph

Libyan embassy in Washington officially opens under rebel government -- CNN
Libyan Rebels, in Show of Unity, Plan for Transition -- Wall Street Journal
Analysis: Libya rebels clean house after slaying of commander -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Preparing for post-Gadhafi Libya -- CNN
LIBYA: Rebels break up top committee to ease tensions. -- Denver Post

Libya struggles amid stalemated conflict
-- Xinhuanet
U.S. flag is popular with Libyan rebels -- Kansas City/L.A. Times
Libyan government bans unlicensed satellite phones -- Taiwan News/AP
Tunisia says army to curb fuel smuggling to Libya-- Defence Web
Libya: Weapons Transfers - the French and Qatar Connections -- AllAfrica
Is Europe covertly arming Libya's rebels? -- Anthony Tucker-Jones, Public Service Europe
Compared to Iraq and Afghanistan, the War in Libya Is Cheap -- Micah Zenko, The Atlantic
Muammar Gaddafi's rat cunning holds sway -- Deborah Haynes, The Australian

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