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Libyan War: The Battle For Brega

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Libya War: The Battle For Brega

01. Rebels fire rockets as they return fire towards forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


The war in Libya, between Gaddafi and the rebels (with some NATO support), is still on-going. One day Gaddafi moves up a couple of towns and the next the rebels take them back. However, the last week or so the fighting has concentrated itself around the town of Brega.



Libya War: The Battle For Brega

02. Rebel fighters drive towards the front on the road between Brega and Ras Lanuf in Libya, March 27, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed west on Sunday to recapture more territory abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi's retreating forces, weakened by Western air strikes. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

03. Rebel fighters are silhouetted as they gather before getting back in their vehicles after stopping on the road between Brega and Ras Lanuf in Libya, March 27, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed west on Sunday to recapture more territory abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi's retreating forces, weakened by Western air strikes. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

04. Rebel fighters ride a vehicle as they drive east on the road between Ras Lanus and Brega, in Libya, March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

05. An ammunition belt hangs over a car door painted in the colours of the rebel Kingdom of Libya flag near Brega in eastern Libya March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

06. Rebels guard the front line on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi threatened to push them further away from strategic oil refineries in eastern Libya March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. Some rebels had fallen back as far as Ajdabiyah, the gateway to the east. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

07. Rebels guard the front line on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi threatened to push them further away from strategic oil refineries in eastern Libya March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Muammar Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. Some rebels had fallen back as far as Ajdabiyah, the gateway to the east. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

08. Rebels run for cover after a shell fired by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi exploded in a direct hit on a vehicle near Brega in eastern Libya March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Muammar Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. REUTERS/Alex Dziadosz


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

09. Rebels gather on the front line between exchanges of artillery fire between them and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

10. A rebel sits on the front line looking down the road in the direction of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

11. A rebel runs from explosions during a mortar barrage fired by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

12. Rebels return fire during a mortar barrage fired by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

13. Rebels run from explosions and an incoming mortar (Top L) during a mortar barrage fired by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

14. A rebel stands at the front line outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. Picture taken April 1. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

15. A rebel fighter with head wounds is seen at Ajdabiyah hospital April 2, 2011, after he was brought in from Brega. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

16. Rebel fighters pray at the grave of around 10 fellow rebels who were killed in what they say was a coalition airstrike on a group of vehicles on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega, in Libya, April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

17. A man jumps on a destroyed tank in Ajdabiyah April 2, 2011. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

18. Rebels gather on the front line between exchanges of artillery fire between them and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, April 2, 2011. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

19. A rebel fighter sits in the back of a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

20. A rebel fighter sits in the back of a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

21. A rebel fighter sits in the back of a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

22. Rebel fighters ride an open pick-up truck mounted with a recoilless rifle as they retreat from the frontline on the road to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. Warplanes flew over Brega overnight as rebels fought troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of the east Libyan oil town, rebel fighters said. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

23. New volunteer rebel fighters receive training on how to use recoilless rifles at a military camp in Benghazi April 3, 2011. According to media sources, Libyan rebels were on the retreat on Wednesday, after losing ground overnight to Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Rebels retreated from Bin Jawad and Brega as Libyan armed forces pushed forward to retake the strategic towns. Gaddafi's forces also routed rebels from the nearby oil port of Ras Lanuf, pushing the front line further eastward. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

24. Rebel fighters fire a rocket in the desert to the east of Brega April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

25. A relative tries to comfort ten-year-old Braa Mabrok from Brega as she has shrapnel wounds to her legs dressed by medical staff at Ajdabiyah hospital in Libya, April 4, 2011. Relatives said that Braa was injured last night while asleep when her home was hit. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

26. Rebels run and take cover from explosions during a fight with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

27. Rebels run away from explosions during a fight with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

28. Rebels take cover from explosions during a fight with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

29. Mourners carry the body of a rebel they say was killed by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Brega, during his funeral in Benghazi April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Esam al-Fetori


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

30. A rebel fighter gestures beside a Kingdom of Libya flag on a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

31. A rebel fighter stands in front of two burning vehicles used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi after they were hit by a NATO airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

32. Rebels gesture from their trucks to a passing vehicle carrying a multiple rocker launcher on the road to the frontline in Brega April 5, 2011. A Western air strike destroyed two of Muammar Gaddafi's military vehicles in the east Libyan oil town of Brega on Tuesday allowing rebels to edge forward, but diplomatic efforts to end the war remained stalled. REUTERS Youssef Boudl


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

33. Rebels load a weapon on the road to the frontline in Brega April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fled east under heavy rocket fire from leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the oil town of Brega on Tuesday in a sixth day of fighting that has failed to give either side the upper hand. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

34. Rebel fighters retreat through the desert after being shelled by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

35. Rebel fighters load a launcher with a rocket on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fled up to 20 km (12 miles) eastwards under heavy rocket fire from leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Tuesday in a sixth day of fighting for the oil port of Brega. REUTERS/Andrew Winning


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

36. Rebel fighters stand around their vehicle at a staging area to the east of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

37. Rebel fighters are silhouetted along the area to the east of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

38. A rebel fighter is silhouetted along the area to the east of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

39. A rebel fighter rolls a hashish cigarette in a tent near a tank along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega April 6, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed rebels back towards their stronghold of Benghazi on Tuesday with sustained rocket and mortar fire, in the sixth day of fighting for the oil port of Brega. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega
Libya War: The Battle For Brega

41. Rebel fighters sit in a tent smoking hashish near a tank along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega April 6, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed rebels back towards their stronghold of Benghazi on Tuesday with sustained rocket and mortar fire, in the sixth day of fighting for the oil port of Brega. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

42. A rebel reads the Koran near Brega in eastern Libya April 6, 2011. REUTERS/ Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

43. Rebels ride in a truck along the road to the front line near Brega in eastern Libya April 6, 2011.REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

44. Rebels gather at the front line between exchanges of artillery fire between them and forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya April 6, 2011.REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

45. Rebel fighters fire rockets from the desert east of Brega April 6, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed back towards the contested oil port of Brega on Wednesday, regaining mostly desert territory lost to Muammar Gaddafi's army the day before. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

46. Rebel fighters fire rockets from the desert east of Brega April 6, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed back towards the contested oil port of Brega on Wednesday, regaining mostly desert territory lost to Muammar Gaddafi's army the day before. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

47. A rebel fighter uses a sighting device during a fight on a road east of Brega April 6, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed back towards the contested oil port of Brega on Wednesday, regaining mostly desert territory lost to Muammar Gaddafi's army the day before. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal


Libya War: The Battle For Brega

48. Rebels drive their trucks towards the frontline against troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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