Feb 27, 2011

Armed pro-Gaddafi gangs roll in Libyan capital

  Libyan protesters shout slogans against Gaddafi
Photo by: AP Photo/Hussein Malla By ASSOCIATED PRESS 
02/26/2011 15:15 Talkbacks (1) The embattled Libyan regime passed out guns to civilian supporters, set up checkpoints Saturday and sent armed patrols roving the terrorized capital to try to maintain control of Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold and quash dissent as rebels consolidate control elsewhere in the North African nation.

Residents of its eastern Tajoura district spread concrete blocks, large rocks and even chopped-down palm trees as makeshift barricades to prevent the SUVs filled with young men wielding automatic weapons from entering their neighborhood — a hotspot of previous protests.


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