MAJOR ARMS DEPOT CAPTURED FROM GADDAFI:
Following a NATO airstrike yesterday, which destroyed 3 tanks and 6 armoured personnel carriers, Opposition forces captured a major underground arms depot in the desert just 30 kilometres from Zintan. NATO hit the arms depot earlier with bunker penetrating bombs. The resulting explosions were so impacting that local people thought there had been an earthquake. At 6.00 am yesterday Opposition fighters, who had been watching the arms depot for sometime, launched an assault and within 2 hours the remaining guards had either fled or been killed.
Tons of Ammunition Found in Captured Arms Depot - AFP
Some of the bunkers were still intact and the Opposition fighters brought every vehicle they could find to remove tons and tons of ammunition and armaments.
Their haul included short and long range Grad missiles, machine guns, 14.5 millimeter rounds, which they use in the guns mounted on their pick-up trucks, an armoured personnel carrier and 2 operational T55 Russian tanks.
This is seen as a major “morale booster” for the freedom fighters, both psychologically and in terms of increased supplies of weaponry and munitions, something they have often said they lack. You can watch the BBC report, with flames still emerging from the bunker entrances, HERE:
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
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iamrhyeysais Rhye Ysais
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Unexploded ordnance is seen at a Gaddafi ammunition dump approximately 40 kms (25 miles) southeast of #Zintan #Libyablogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya…
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya Opposition fighters capture massive #Gaddafi arms depot nr#Zintan, incl Grad missiles and tanks. http://bit.ly/PCOLibya
ScepticMatt Matthias Hutter
#Libya-n rebels capture key weapons depot south of Az #Zintan (50 km south-west of Tripoli). Source+Map: BBC bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya Opposition fighters capture massive #Gaddafi arms depot nr#Zintan, incl Grad missiles and tanks. http://bit.ly/PCOLibya
MuslimCurry Rawr
bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… #Libya rebels capture #Gaddafi arms bunker near Zintan. FUCK YEAH, THAT IS ALL!
dooolism Adel Abdel Ghafar
#Libya rebels capture Gaddafi arms bunker near Zintanhttp://j.mp/kCD3AI #Feb17
