Friday, 18. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 8:42:00 PM CET
Tripoli on edge as regime enters new phase in fight to survive
A radio broadcast of Col Muammar Gaddafi promising "zenga, zenga" (ally by ally) to root out his enemies in the east blared out across the gathering crowd. In its midst an unshaven minder wearing a dirty trench coat moved slowly listening to the conversations on the pavements.
A vendor of mobile phone top-up cards shrugged awkwardly when asked if the situation was calm as Col Gaddafi's regime entered a new phase in its battle for survival. "There is no problem in Libya. It does not exist except for foreigners making trouble," he said. "The policemen here know this – that's why they are only here when foreigners are around."
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