#battle for libya

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“We made a mistake, because we thought that when the soldiers saw that they were killing ordinary civilians who bore no weapons a sense of humanity would prevail and they would stop shooting, but they kept killing.”

A protester in Misratah

Extract from the #AmnestyInternational Report: The Battle for Libya: Killings, Disappearances and Torture

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Qatar has become the second nation in the world to recognize Libya's pro-democracy rebels as the legitimate governing body an representatives of Libya. France was the first to do this, roughly two weeks ago.

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An amazing collection of photos showing different faces of the rebels and their struggle for democracy. Check out the entire album here.

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What's Been Going on in Libya Today

It's been a particularly active day in Libya today. Beyond a string of recent victories of the pro-democracy fighters, here is a list of other things going on in the war-torn country:

Twenty military vehicles were seen leaving Gadhafi's headquarters in Sirte. Rebels are advancing on this city.

The US is pulling it's navy back from the Libya coast signalling that it no longer sees the Libyan air force as a threat, and that is passing off command of the operation to NATO.

Families are fleeing Sirte ahead of the coming battle.

Tripoli is still being hit by coalition air strikes. Reportedly the road to the international airport has been hit.

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Pro-Democracy Fighters Continue to Advance Across Libya

With support from coalition bombing runs, the pro-democracy fighters have won a string of victories in the past two days and taken control of the following towns:

Es Sider

Ras Lanuf

Ajdabiya

Tobruk

Zueitina

Brega

Bin Jawad

Next on the list is Sirte, Gadhafi's home town. This has never been under rebel control and will not be an easy fight.