Battle for Bregga could mark start of real war in Libya

[Playinghardball]

Source Guardian.com.uk

At least six people die as eastern town fights off attack by pro-Gaddafi forces

To the rebels of eastern Libya, it was always a matter of when. On Wednesday morning, sooner than many had expected, Gaddafi's men came for them.

A thundering burst of machine-gun fire just before 6.30am heralded the attack on the outskirts of Bregga, a sand-strewn service town about 150 miles south of Benghazi. The loyalist forces had crept in during the night, patiently set up in an industrial area on the city limits, and dug in.

"They arrived in 60-70 Toyota trucks," said Wais Werfali, 40, who works in a nearby ammonia production plant. "They have set up a perimeter and are using families from the area as human shields."

Read more at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/02/libya-civil-war-bregga

[virgogal]

1. Using families as shields. That's a nice touch. (Sarcasm)

[jody]

2. "real war"! Not without foreign troops invading. The rebels/insurgents/ guerrillas do not have the

arms to overthrow the military.

If however the military mounts a coup d'état then Gaddafi loses.