Tuesday, 22. March 2011

Libyan rebellion reveals chaos of civilians at war


The planes were barely out of earshot when the charge of the ad hoc motorised cavalry began.

The young fighters, the "shabab" as they proudly proclaim themselves, piled on to scores of pick up trucks with mounted machine guns and squeezed in to saloon cars with their Kalashnikovs hanging out of the windows. Some had no more than old hunting rifles. One man was waving a bayonet as his only weapon.

guardian.co.uk

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