Reply #41: Rebels cling to high ground in Libya's west

[pinboy3niner]

Source: Reuters

09 May 2011 10:40


* Fight intensifies for Libya's Western Mountains

* Rebels hold key border point, loyalists in desert plains

* Indiscriminate shelling by forces loyal to Gaddafi


By Matt Robinson

DEHIBA, Tunisia, May 9 (Reuters) - The flow of rebels to the small clinic in this Tunisian frontier town speaks of an escalating war for Libya's Western Mountains.

Most had been shot in close-quarter fighting to hold back loyalists east of the rebel-held town of Zintan.

Eleven died trying on Saturday alone, their names displayed at a refugee camp housing their families.

"They are heroes, they are Mujahideen," said Jamal Maghroub, whose nephew was among those killed. His weathered face and lean frame in military fatigues gave him the look of a man far older than his 47 years.

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