The good news, if there can be such a thing after watching that, is that the city could be in the protesters hands.
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Unconfirmed by Reuters: Libyan city of Bayda is in opposition hands
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE71H11J20110218 via @blakehounshell #Libya #Feb17
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East Libya city "in hands of people"-exile groups
Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:22pm GMT
GENEVA Feb 18 (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters have seized control of the eastern Libyan city of al Bayda after they were joined by some local police, two separate Libyan exile groups said on Friday.
"Al Bayda is in the hands of the people," Giumma el-Omami of the Libyan Human Rights Solidarity group told Reuters.
"The city is out of the control of the (Muammar) Gaddafi regime," said Fathi al-Warfali of the Libyan Committee for Truth and Justice.
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http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE71H11J20110218The reports couldn't be independently verified.