Monday, September 5, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates September 5, 2011



Rebel Reinforcements Encircle Gadhafi Stronghold -- Wall Street Journal


NEAR BANI WALID, Libya—Rebel reinforcements are arriving outside the pro-Gadhafi stronghold of Bani Walid, where thousands of rebels are waiting for orders to attack as negotiations to resolve the standoff peacefully have appeared to founder.

A small rebel convoy arrived Monday at a checkpoint about 40 miles from Bani Walid, a city of 100,000 residents 90 miles southwest of Tripoli, according to the Associated Press. Ismail al-Gitani told AP the fighters were part of a larger force he commands and that he was ordered to reinforce the northern approaches to Bani Walid, though he refused to say how many fighters he had brought.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Khadafy loyalists ignore deadline to cease fire in Libya -- New York Daily News
Libyan fighters converge on Gadhafi stronghold, but hold back on attack to avoid bloodshed -- Winnipeg Free Press/AP
Libyan rebels massing as talks fail -- Sydney Morning Herald
Rebel Reinforcements Arrive at Qaddafi Stronghold -- FOX News/AP
Anti-Qaddafi Forces Poised For Attack On Libyan City Of Bani Walid -- Radio Free Europe
Bani Walid own rebels wait impatiently at gates of city controlled by Gadhafi loyalists -- Washington Post
Libyan fighters prepare for assault on Gaddafi desert bastion -- Washington Post
Libya rebels close in on Kadafi stronghold -- L.A. Times
Libya conflict: Gaddafi sons have 'left Bani Walid' -- BBC
‘I shot people, I don’t know how many:’ Loyalists stick to Gadhafi -- Toronto Star
"Cousin to cousin", Libyan siege tests tribal divides -- Reuters
New Libyan Factions Maneuver for Power as Divisions Emerge -- Bloomberg
Gadhafi Leaned on Arab Allies to Stay in Power -- New York Times/AP

Libyan rebels round up black Africans -- Yahoo News/AP
Libyans Turn Wrath on Dark-Skinned Migrants -- New York Times
Tuareg Leaders in Niger and Mali Urge Tuareg in Libya to Work With NTC -- Voice of America
Libya's NTC shackled by prisoner overload -- Al Jazeera
Libya NTC to Offer Fighters Police Jobs -- New York Times/Reuters
Libyan official: Water back on in parts of Tripoli -- AP
Algeria Defends Decision to Shelter Gaddafi Kin -- New York Times/Reuters

Can a fierce battle for Qaddafi's home town be avoided?
-- Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor
Libyan Spy Files Detail Gadhafi Regime's Collapse -- NPR/AP
Read the memos from inside Colonel Gadhafi's crumbling regime -- Globe And Mail
Libya Settles Uneasily Into Life After Gadhafi -- Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online

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