Rebels watch Gadhafi troops from ancient lookout: The lonely ridge that tops the Nafusa Mountains has been used

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Rebels watch Gadhafi troops from ancient lookout

By Michael Holmes, CNN

August 5, 2011 -- Updated 0318 GMT (1118 HKT)

Libya's frontline on an ancient fort

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• From an ancient fort Libyan rebels watch over the front line town of Taji
• Rebel commander says if Taji and one other town falls, there is little between them and Tripoli
• The ridge has been used for centuries to watch enemies for on the Libyan plains
• Today the rebels' flag flutters from the fort built on the ridgeline

RELATED TOPICS

• Libya
• Moammar Gadhafi
• NATO
• War and Conflict

Nafusa Mountains, Libya (CNN) -- The lonely ridge that tops the Nafusa Mountains has been used for centuries as a lookout point, a place where enemies are watched.

Two thousand years ago, Berber men would sit in a stone lookout over the majestic brown plains, watching for strangers or enemies approaching their villages.

Today, their ancestors use the same ridgeline to watch over their own enemies -- the forces of Moammar Gadhafi entrenched in the dusty city of Tiji below.

Tarek Zambou was an intelligence officer in those forces, until the revolt began and he defected, returning home to the town of Kabaw, a few kilometers from where he now stands. He commands the area's Military Council.

Today he stands on the windswept point next to a solitary tank standing sentry and points to Taji, nine kilometers away but clearly visible across the flat desert plain.