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Thousands Bussed In To Pro-Gaddafi Rally
8:29am UK, Saturday July 16, 2011
Stuart Ramsay, chief correspondent in Zlitan, Libya
On the main coast road that runs the entire width of Libya countless buses, trucks, vans and cars made their way east from the capital Tripoli and towns and villages en route.
Thousands mobilised as the Libya Contact Group held their latest round of talks in Turkey. The bussing-in of Gaddafi supporters to apparently uncoordinated rallies has been standard fare for weeks; but this was on a massive scale. Their destination was the town of Zlitan, 20-odd miles from the rebel front lines. It was to be a huge demonstration of support for the colonel.
The main square in Zlitan was crammed with Gaddafi loyalists