Silenced for decades, crowds in 'Liberated Libya' berate Qaddafi

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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0224/Silenced-for-decades-crowds-in-Liberated-Libya-berate-Qaddafi

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In the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk – part of what some are calling “Liberated Libya” – a flood of criticism of Muammar Qaddafi, his sons, and the vicious tactics he’s long used on his own people pours out of locals at the slightest prompting. Many are worried that with Col. Qaddafi surrounded by still-loyal troops in Tripoli, their unfinished revolution could still fail.

While there’s happiness – not least of all because they haven't dared speak their minds, even to their closest friends, for decades – there’s also a feeling that they had better get their word in while they still can.

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