Fighters In Misrata, Libya, Spoiling For A Fight Against Last Gadhafi Loyalists -- McClatchy News
MISRATA, Libya — The only proof that Mohammed Gugu, 21, is a legitimate Libyan fighter is the shrapnel scar on his left leg that he picked up last year in during the battle to liberate the country from Moammar Gadhafi. Gugu works as a shutter installer most days, except when his self-proclaimed brigade commander calls him back to the front lines, as he did Wednesday.
Gugu, a member of the Eagles of Misrata brigade, donned his ill-fitting camouflage jacket and reassembled the machine gun mounted on top of his pickup truck, which he fired for the first time a year ago. Two Libyan journalists had been captured from the last bastion of Gadhafi supporters, offering commanders the perfect pretext to order their fighters back to finish the war.
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My Comment: It's going to take decades for Libya to get it's act together. But i am still very optimistic .... with a promising election process, enormous oil wealth, and some of the best beaches in the entire Mediterranean just waiting to be developed .... my gut is telling me that Libya will eventually succeed.
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