New fighting breaks out in Libyan capital

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBYA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-14-11-19-55

RIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A gunbattle erupted between revolutionary forces and Moammar Gadhafi supporters Friday in the heart of the Libyan capital for the first time since the longtime leader was ousted and forced into hiding.

Shouting "God is Great," anti-Gadhafi fighters converged on the Hay Nasr district of Tripoli's Abu Salim neighborhood in pickups mounted with weapons, setting up checkpoints and sealing off the area as heavy gunfire echoed through the streets.

Fighters at the scene said the shooting began after a group of armed men tried to raise the green flag that symbolizes Gadhafi's regime. There were conflicting details about how the shooting began.

Assem al-Bashir, a fighter with Tripoli's Eagle Brigade, said revolutionary forces suspected there were snipers in the surrounding high rises after spotting a man trying to raise the green flag.

[Distant Observer]

1. Guess some Libyans don't get that in "Democracy" all oppositing is "terminated"

[blindpig]

2. Reports vary.......

http://mathaba.net/news/?x=628963

k&r

[Distant Observer]

3. BBC reports that the new Libyan forces have damaged or destroyed every building in Sirte

making the city uninhabitable for the foreseeable future.