Libyen

[Schneemann]

Offenbar wurde die umkämpfte Stadt Brega von den Rebellen zurückerobert (bzw. möglicherweise gar nicht erobert).

Libya rebels halt Gaddafi attack

Rebel forces have fought off an attempt by soldiers loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi to retake the eastern oil town of Brega.

Gaddafi forces had moved into eastern areas for the first time since towns there fell to protesters two weeks ago. The BBC's John Simpson in Brega says it seems clear of loyalist troops.

Earlier Col Gaddafi said on TV he would "fight until the last man and woman" and warned that thousands of Libyans would die if Western forces intervened. Our correspondent has been to Brega's seashore and university, where the heaviest fighting took place, and they appear entirely clear of Gaddafi troops. [...]

Medical sources in Brega told BBC Arabic that 14 people had been killed in the fighting.

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