Categories

Archives

Libya: rebel families flee Ajdabiya

Rebel commanders marshalled their forces about 10 miles from the town as they prepared to take advantage of the air strikes.

The drone of a jet high overhead was heard late in the afternoon, before the crump of an explosion on the far side of the city where a plume of smoke rose into the air. The sound brought cheers from rebel fighters who said they were expecting fresh bombing runs.

“There is fighting in town now ”“ very rapid firing. That’s why we are leaving,” said one man who had fled Ajdabiya with his elderly wife and declined to give his name for fear that Gaddafi loyalists would find him. …

1 comment to Libya: rebel families flee Ajdabiya

Leave a Reply