Tuesday, May 10, 2011

For Libyan rebels, border post is strategic prize (AP)



In this Sunday, May 8, 2011 photo, rebel fighters Morad Mehdi, 31, left, and Morad Hamed, 28, right, guard the Dhuheiba border crossing between Libya and Tunisia. Since rebels captured the Dhuheiba border crossing on April 21, 2011, Gadhafi loyalists have repeatedly tried to retake it, shelling it from nearby mountains, most recently over the weekend, but the rebels have held their ground.(AP Photo/Karin Laub)AP - An 18-year-old Libyan rebel with an assault rifle propped against his knee scans a mountain range through binoculars for signs of Moammar Gadhafi's troops.




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