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Archive Home > 2011 > February > 27 > In Libyan capital, long bread lines and barricades

In Libyan capital, long bread lines and barricades

By David D. Kirkpatrick / The Bulletin
February 27, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya — A bold play by Col. Moammar Gadhafi to prove that he was firmly in control of Libya appeared to backfire Saturday as foreign journalists he invited to the capital discovered blocks of the city in open defiance of his authority.

Witnesses described snipers and anti-aircraft guns....

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