[QUOTE]Libyan rebels have succeeded in creating a defensive arc south and west of the port of Misrata by linking up two fronts, they have told the BBC.
They showed the BBC a number of soldiers from Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces who had been wounded and captured during heavy fighting earlier on Tuesday.
The fighting left at least 11 people dead around the city, rebels say.
They are trying to break out of Misrata to advance on the capital Tripoli.
Since anti-government protests turned into armed rebellion more than four months ago, the two sides have been locked in a stalemate, despite a Nato-led air campaign against Col Gaddafi's forces.
Rebels hold much of Libya's east, plus Misrata and several towns in the Nafusa mountains near the Tunisian border.
Tuesday also saw clashes around Brega in the east and the Nafusa mountains on the Tunisian border, but the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Misrata said neither side was making significant progress.
Pressure grows
The latest fighting began early on Tuesday, with firing and shelling from both sides continuing well into the afternoon, our correspondent says.
Meanwhile, rebel positions in Dafniya came under heavy fire as government forces attempted an advance, reports said.
A hospital worker in Misrata told Reuters news agency that 11 rebel fighters were killed and dozens wounded while a rebel source told AFP news agency that 11 people "almost of them civilians" had been killed.
Operating under a UN mandate, Nato and several Arab states have been carrying out air strikes against military targets linked to Col Gaddafi for nearly four months, mandated to defend civilians from the Libyan leader's attempts to crush an uprising against him.
Pressure has been growing to find an end to the conflict, but the rebels insist Col Gaddafi must step down. So far he has refused.[/QUOTE]
Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14037358[/url]
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"Oh shit"
Glad to see they're gaining ground!
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THE PLOT THICKENS
Totally forgot to include the bad-ass machine gun wielding fedora man in OP, my bad
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[QUOTE=ewitwins;30925275]Totally forgot to include the bad-ass machine gun wielding fedora man in OP, my bad
[IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/53883000/jpg/_53883002_53882998.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Don't forget the toy RC mini-tanks.
[QUOTE=SNNS-SEAN;30925730]Don't forget the toy RC mini-tanks.[/QUOTE]
Those things are ridiculous. I've been following their engineering angle for a while, and I'm not gonna lie, I'm fairly impressed with the tech situation they have going on over there. I mean, they've pretty much built unmanned assault vehicles and remote control machine guns from scratch.
Gaddafi is one ugly fuck... I added a filter for the op's pic.
[QUOTE=Silly Sil;30926223]Gaddafi is one ugly fuck... I added a filter for the op's pic.[/QUOTE]
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He's stoned.
It's like watching two assholes try to punch each other and they keep missing.
That's right, both sides are terrible. (The rebels slightly less than Gaddafi Duck)
[QUOTE=Mr._N;30927925]He's stoned.[/QUOTE]
He's gonna get stoned.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;30928098]It's like watching two assholes try to punch each other and they keep missing.
That's right, both sides are terrible. (The rebels slightly less than Gaddafi Duck)[/QUOTE]
Explain how the rebels are terrible.
A map would be nice.
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;30928350]Explain how the rebels are terrible.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, could you specify in any way?
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;30928350]Explain how the rebels are terrible.[/QUOTE]
There has been numbers of rebels whom have violently beaten up, and decapitated various people (Hangings and such also).
Although the poster of the video has bad grammar and such, it shows some rebel violence.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA8Mc8vQn_E[/media]
They have stooped down to Gaddafi Ducks level.
There was also a guy in another thread who posted a website full of videos about it, one showing a soldier being hung upside down then being violently decapitated.
The problem now is that a lot of Libyan people will look at the violence and bloodshed of both sides, and having lost faith in foreign intervention and the rebel side, may actually look towards Gaddafi Duck to restore order and stability, especially if he uses propaganda.
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