Rebels fighting the forces of Muammar Gaddafi in the east of Libya retreated from the oil town of Brega on Sunday after heavy bombardment delivered government forces another battlefield success. “The rebels have left Brega. It is evacuated,” said 33-year-old anaesthesiologist Osama Jazwi.
At about 10:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) the bombardment started. “We saw, it was on the main gate,” Jazwi told Reuters by telephone. Abdul Hakim, also a resident of the bombarded town, told Reuters that the rebels had left.
There were no details of the Gaddafi forces attack immediately available. Earlier, Libyan television had said that the rebels had retreated. “Brega has been cleansed of armed gangs,” a military source was quoted on Libyan state TV as saying.
At the nearby town of Ajdabiyah, retreating rebel soldiers were demoralised. “He’s out of Brega. He’s on the way, maybe in half an hour his rockets will reach us here,” said rebel fighter, Masoud Bwisir, at the western gate of the town. “There’s no uprising any more,” said rebel Nabeel Tijouri, whose heavy machine gun had been destroyed in the fighting.
Drudge or some other web news site noted that Obama had given $40 billion in weapons to Gaddafi and Mubarak before the uprisings.
Sort of explains Obama’s ”dithering.”
@Nan G:
How is that # broken down?
Here is one source. Lybia got $46 million in arms sales in 2008 and $15 million in 2009 all of which was non leather and mainly maintance material such as plane parts. The actual $40 billion is in proposed total private arms sales in 2009. One thing that is interesting is that tear gas was sold to non democratic countries. My thinking is, the more anti riot gear sold to a country, the more the leaders fear a revolt. Egypt wanted to buy $458,000 worth of tear gas in 2009. A 6oz tear gas grenade cost $28 retail. That’s over 16,300 tear gas grenades at retail cost.
Khadaffi is agood friend of Louis Farahkhan who is a good friend of Prez. Obama’s pastor Rev. Wright. So Obama has a personal intrest in seeing Khadaffi stay in power. And that makes it policy of the bUSA.
Sort of reminds you of the Bay of Pigs doesnt it?
No matter how much lip service you give a movement, without boots on the ground it means nothing in the long run.
Obama’s normal response to a “Crisis” is to “think” on it long enough for it to “settle itself”! Then he doesn’t have to take any heat, or have a “record” of actions. Pretty much like his time in both Senates….. a know nothing do nothing guy……