| By Abdussalam Mohamed | |
| Monday, 11 April 2011 | |
On March 12, while the battle raged between Libyan revolutionaries and Gaddafi’s brigades on the front lines outside the city of Ajdabiya, Muhannad Bensadik, 21, aimed his rifle at the enemy and let many rounds rip. Four of his friends around him did the same. It was dark, cold and scary. The horrific sound of gunfire and explosions surrounded them from every side while fear and panic crawled underneath their skin like a venomous desert snake. Such emotions were common amid the poorly trained, poorly equipped mainly civilian rebel forces that were fighting not just for their survival but also for the survival of Benghazi and all of eastern Libya. Not that the brave revolutionaries who had more heart than military training or weapons were cowards, but because these emotions were human. Muhannad’s friends wanted to jump in a pickup truck and retreat to Benghazi but the twenty-one year old former Boy Scout relented. In his heart, there seemed to be no room for fear or panic. He was determined to hold off the enemy at all costs. In his mind, he knew what would happen if he retreated and ran away. If his Boy Scout years had taught him anything it was that retreat meant surrender, and surrender was synonymous with cowardice and dishonor, two traits that didn’t run in his blood. Moreover, he had an inkling of the consequences of defeat on Benghazi and the rest of the east.http://www.infocusnews.net/content/view/44440/135/ |
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
American Citizen Dies in Battle for Libya
The Arab Revolt in 3-D
By Salaam Abdul Khaliq
Monday, 11 April 2011
Just late last year, no one could have predicted the fall of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. No one would have believed this could actually happen in their lifetime. Ben Ali ruled Tunisia for 23 years and Mubarak ruled Egypt for 31 years. Both seemed immortal. Yet, with two peaceful revolutions the brave peoples of Tunisia and Egypt pulled the rug from underneath everyone’s feet and routed two tyrannies within weeks.
The Arab revolt, like wild fire, spread quickly to Morocco, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan and Syria. As if inspired by a divine call, the much maligned and scorned masses knocked the walls of fear down and took to the streets to claim their freedom, dignity, and human rights. Arab regimes that only a fortnight ago seemed as stalwart as an oak tree all of a sudden started to crack like firewood. Their little police states started to crumble like a deck of cards with no western power being able to come to their help. Once they heard the chants of “the people want to bring down the regime,” they knew the end was near.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Just late last year, no one could have predicted the fall of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. No one would have believed this could actually happen in their lifetime. Ben Ali ruled Tunisia for 23 years and Mubarak ruled Egypt for 31 years. Both seemed immortal. Yet, with two peaceful revolutions the brave peoples of Tunisia and Egypt pulled the rug from underneath everyone’s feet and routed two tyrannies within weeks.
The Arab revolt, like wild fire, spread quickly to Morocco, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan and Syria. As if inspired by a divine call, the much maligned and scorned masses knocked the walls of fear down and took to the streets to claim their freedom, dignity, and human rights. Arab regimes that only a fortnight ago seemed as stalwart as an oak tree all of a sudden started to crack like firewood. Their little police states started to crumble like a deck of cards with no western power being able to come to their help. Once they heard the chants of “the people want to bring down the regime,” they knew the end was near.
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