LIBYA: Enlisted men move anti-aircraft guns to port of Benghazi to defend it against possible attacks by forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi

Record ID: 376418

  • Title: LIBYA: Enlisted men move anti-aircraft guns to port of Benghazi to defend it against possible attacks by forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi
  • Date: 2nd March 2011
  • Summary: BENGHAZI, LIBYA (MARCH 1, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN BY THE WATERFRONT IN BENGHAZI PORT |( ( (WITH CHINESE/ KOREAN ? CHARACTERS WRITING ON GUN) VARIUOS OF ENLISTED MEN POSING BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LIBYAN MAN WALID BESHAY, SAYING: "We are here for naval and air protection, we are ready anytime Gaddafi attacks us." MEN ON THE SEAFRON
  • Embargoed: 17th March 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVACF55U9VMLW1FE4PLAY0K1JVL5
  • Story Text: Libyan enlisted men moved anti-aircraft guns to the port of Benghazi on Tuesday (March 1) to prepare for a possible attack Muammar Gaddafi's forces.
    A rebellion against Gaddafi's 42 year rule in the country has ended his control over much of oil-rich eastern Libya and Benghazi is a stronghold of the opposition.
    "We are here for naval and air protection, we are ready anytime Gaddafi attacks us," said Walid Beshay, one of the men on the seafront.
    "I have nothing to say, just that there is no alternative to victory. We have courage to free Benghazi and Libya," said Walid Basheer.
    Dozens of civilians reporoted to an air-base in Benghazi on Tuesday and asked to get trained and enlisted.
    So far, Gaddafi has remained defiant, dispatching forces to a western border area amid fears that the most violent Arab revolt may grow bloodier and spark a humanitarian crisis.
    The capital Tripoli is Gaddafi's last stronghold.
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