Gadhafi Targets Oil Port ; Assault Effort to Take Back East.
Columbia Daily Tribune › March 03, 2011
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BREGA, Libya (AP) -- Regime opponents battled forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who tried today to retake a key oil installation in a counteroffensive against the rebel-held eastern half of the country. At one point in the flip-flopping battle, anti- Gadhafi fighters cornered the attackers in a nearby seaside university campus in fierce fighting that killed at least five.
The assault on the Brega oil port appeared to be the first significant attempt by Gadhafi's regime to push back against the large swath of territory in opposition hands -- almost the entire eastern half of the country. For the past week, pro-Gadhafi forces have been focusing on the west, securing his stronghold in the capital, Tripoli, and trying to take back nearby rebel-held cities with only mixed success.See the full content of this document
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Gadhafi Targets Oil Port ; Assault Effort to Take Back East.
In the capital, Gadhafi vowed, "We will fight until the last man and woman."
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