Battle for Libya: Update from Nefusa Mountains

via AlJazeeraEnglish Tunisia has summoned Libya’s ambassador in protest at incursions by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces over its western border. Much of the fighting there has been taking place away from the spotlight. However, Al Jazeera has travelled to the isolated Nefusa Mountains, which had been under siege by Gadaffi forces. Al…

Libya: The battles that raged on when no one was looking

via AlJazeeraEnglish Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught, reporting from Tatouine, Tunisia (at the Libyan border) said that the Libyan towns at the Tunisian border have been raging their own battles, but with fewer journalists there, the images of the fighting and destruction have not yet been seen. She said that the rebel…

Libya gains outweigh bombing deaths?

via RussiaToday NATO’s insistence it’s bombing Libya only to protect civilians is losing credibility. In a month of air strikes against Colonel Gaddafi’s forces, his personal compound has been a regular target. RT contributor Yekaterina Zatuliveter thinks the coalition has taken sides in a civil war to secure a lucrative…

Fight continues for western Libyan port

via AlJazeeraEnglish Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons walks around the now-quiet Tripoli Street in the rebel stronghold of Misurata in western Libya. The city is clear of pro-government troops but Muammar Gaddafi’s forces continue to attack the city’s main source of supplies — the port.

Oil installations targeted in eastern Libya

via AlJazeeraEnglish Oil exports from eastern Libya have been severely hit after facilities were targetted in the fighting. Gaddafi forces are also occupying oil installations along the coast, because they know that NATO cannot hit oil tanks close to civilian populations.