Battle of Zawiga is raging - Libya.

[MinhDinh]

At the moment, heavy fighting is going on in the Libyan city of Zawiya.

This city of 300,000 is important to Gaddafi because it has one of Libya's three largest oil refineries.

Live updates can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

from CBC:

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Forces loyal to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi reportedly broke through rebel lines at an opposition-held city in fighting early Saturday that killed at least 30 people, witnesses said.

A doctor in the city told Reuters that mostly civilians were killed during the latest round of fighting for control of Zawiya, 50 kilometres west of the capital Tripoli.

The BBC reported that rebel fighters pushed government forces out of the city centre, before the army launched a second attack, using tanks to shell Zawiya's central square.

The battle for Zawiya could prove crucial to the regime's defence of the Libyan capital and for control of the nearby Tunisian border.

Residents said snipers are shooting at anyone on the streets and several fires are raging across the city.

"Please let the world know that we need some help. They have surrounded the city," a man who lives in Zawiya said. "Right now we hear a lot of heavy fighting. It's non-stop."

The rebels' setback in the battle for the city was the second in as many days.

A large arms and ammunition depot outside the city of Benghazi, the largest city in the rebel-held east of the country, blew up Friday in a massive explosion that completely destroyed an area three times the size of a soccer field.

Ambulance drivers who rushed to the site reported that at least 26 people were killed in the blast, which levelled several buildings, cars and trees.

It was not immediately clear how the depot blew up, but suspicion immediately fell on Gadhafi agents seeking to deny the rebels the arms and ammunition they need to fight their way westward toward the Gadhafi-held city of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast.

Residents join fight in port city

The rebels, however, fared better elsewhere, capturing the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from pro-Gadhafi forces in their first military victory in a potentially long, westward march from the east of the country to the capital Tripoli hundreds of kilometres to the west.

One of the rebels, Ahmed al-Zawi, said the battle was won after Ras Lanouf residents joined the rebels, who were armed with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-propelled grenades.




I have a feeling the US will want to get involved yet they won't touch Zimbawe or North Korea. Oil OIl Oil.
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[Frost]

The north korea thing really isn't about oil. It's about china not wanting the US waging a war in a country just across it's border. Do you want the worlds 2 biggest nuclear superpowers having a war right next to each other? No thanks.

Zimbabwe is something the rest of the world should be doing something about but anything in africa is a real low priority for anyone's defence policy.

The US MAY get involved in the hope that a successful revolution will spread to other countries in the middle east. The reason that they're not doing something already is because they might then be expected to help out in every middle eastern revolution. That could spark protests everywhere causing the Saudi's and Iranians to suppress protests in their countries before they begin to avoid them getting US backing.

I'd support the US/UK evening the odds a bit for the protesters, but that's difficult to do without sending in troops yourself and us getting involved in a 3rd simultaneous middle east conflict when defence budgets are being cut, or it involves the supply or arms. There is no garentee who will be in charge if the protesters win and what they will do with the arms we've given them then.

[MinhDinh]

[SirEdward]

[Mushroom]

[SirEdward]

[Visitor Q]

After claiming in his recent BBC interview that the people love him and that there are no protests in Libya, Colonel Gadaffi has just issued a new statement.

The DFS sale will definitely end today at 2pm
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[Rogerborg]

[Phoenix]

[Frost]

[bazza]

[SirEdward]

[bazza]

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[SirEdward]

[bazza]

[Mushroom]

https://www.tvgasm.com/newsgasm/images/moviegasm/HarryPotterOrderofthePhoenix.jpg

The illuminated of the internet see the patterns in all

can you see the word "sex" its a conspiracy to make you gay edward

[SirEdward]

Hilarious to see ignorance bloom, the Internet is being dismissed as an irrelevant number in this equation.

You've read it here people, we had no use for the first Library of Alexandria anyway. Meanwhile, King Abdullah to Bahraini King: Put Down Ongoing Shia Revolt or My Own Forces Will. Info coming out of Egypt's Secret Service (Police?) about false flags setup by the state against their own people isn't helping the situation, #AmnDawla leaks via #Kuwait AlGareeda: Gamal #Mubarak and #SS secret body behind 2005 #Sharm bombing #Egypt #Jan25
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Pardot Kynes in "Appendix I: The Ecology of Dune""

[Mushroom]

[SirEdward]

You must be very afraid of the thought that the pension is not going to be there for you, M_M.

Don't fear the reaper, accept it - it's gone, not getting any better & recovery Summer is going to be a blast.
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"Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.

Pardot Kynes in "Appendix I: The Ecology of Dune""

[Phoenix]

Shouldn't you be on your way to your desert island by now, you still seem to be posting on BCF. Given the apparent magnitude of what is about to befall us is there nothing better you should be doing with your time like stocking up on coconuts and Wilson volleyballs.

[Mushroom]

[SirEdward]

First post in this threat still stands, everyone, bar a few have steered off-topic, even resorting to personal attacks.

I leave you with the abyss:

[SirEdward]

[Robby]

Man this guy is a moron. It's telling when mad mushroom is coming across as the level headed guy arguing against the idiot tinfoil hatter.