Saturday, July 16, 2011

FF didn't take Brega, might happen in a couple days, story doesn't say that the Libyan rebels took Brega

 dicey lee 

RT : , rebels didn't take Brega. Their spokesman told me, rather optimistically, that it might happen in a couple days.
10 minutes ago 


 Blake Hounshell 

Am I missing something? This story doesn't say that the Libyan rebels took Brega.
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Andrew Chappelle
 Our newsdesk doesn't buy that line either...  
A group of around 50 reconnaissance troops entered the town from the north, then pulled back four kilometers (2.5 miles) before midnight (2200 GMT), Mr. Zawi said  Libyan rebels on Saturday retook the eastern oil town of Brega after breaching its defenses in a late night reconnaissance raid, Al Arabiya TV reported. Rebel military spokesman Mohammed Zawi told AFP that a light mobile force had breached loyalist positions around Brega late on Friday, before pulling back for an offensive early on Saturday. 

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 Doug Saunders 

 rebel army spokesman Ahmed Omar Bani telling us victory in Brega is, again, only days way. 
13 minutes ago 

Posted by Robby Ball at 10:21 AM