With the assistance of the international military coalition the rebels have now taken over the city of Ajdabiya. Shortly after the fall of Ajdabiya. Burned out tanks belonging to the Pro-Gardaffi forces destroyed by the international military coalition. Rebels fighters and locals are celebrating the victory. Man stands on a burning tank belonging to pro-Gardaffi forces.
Rebels now seems to control Tabrouk. On 17/02/2011 they attacked the central police station. According to the rebels five people died (incl. one policeman) during the attack on the police station, and in total between 150-200 civilians have been killed during the uprising angainst Colonel Qaddafi in this area alone.
Aldrig er der kommet så mange sårede og dræbte ind på én gang på Jala-hospital i Benghazi, som om aftenen den 4 marts, hvor et stort våbenkompleks eksploderede i udkanten af byen. Oprørerne hævder at eksplosionen, der dræbte over tyve mennesker, skyldtes sabotage fra Gaddafi-tro styrker.
The front towards Ajdabiya / Aj-Dabiya / Agdabiya / Ag-Dabiya
Et af de første steder revolutionen brød ud var her ved den nu nedbrændte politistation i Tobruk. Efter fredagsbønnen samles byens mænd, for at fejre deres sejr og opildne til mere modstand mod regimet.
The front towards Ajdabiya / Aj-Dabiya / Agdabiya / Ag-Dabiya
The frontline near Ajdabiya, Libya. Rebel fighter take aim with a RPG.
Mass funeral for the rebels who died on the evening of March 4. when a huge ammunition deposit outside of Benghazi exploded and killed aprx. 20 people. Rebels claim that it was sabotaged by pro-Gadaffi agents, others fear that it was an accident caused by the rebels them self.
Family and friends pray for a rebel who died of a gunshot wound in the fighting with Gadaffi-forces.
With the assistance of the international military coalition the rebels have now taken over the city of Ajdabiya. A young boy stands in the living room of a house that was partly destroyed by a missile fired by pro-Gardaffi forces. According to the family living in the house there were no rebels fighting from the house, or other obvious reason for the attack. According to locals the Pro-Gardaffi forces was firing randomly on houses with guns, tanks and artillery in the city.
The rebels headquarter in central Benghazi. The house belonged to the Gadaffi regime but was burned and overtaken in the revolutions first days. People of all sort of society gathers at the house to make hand-painted posters, hold meetings and organize future events. The rebels also have their own newspaper and TV-studio in the building.
Thousands of Syrian refugees trying to escape Libya in the port in Banghazi. Syria has sent ships to pick up their citizens, but there's only room for 1000 in each. Today they sent three ships and tomorrow there will be more. The Syrians promise that all Syrians will be evacuated. The soldiers are Libyan and are there to assist the Syrian authorities in checking documents and helping people onboard.
With the assistance of the international military coalition the rebels have now taken over the city of Ajdabiya.
Father and son on horseback celebrating ‘The March of Volunteers’, a march of approximately one thousand young civilian men who have volunteered to become rebel fighters, undergone a four-day-long basic military training program and now are about to be sent off to fight at the front. The Libyan revolution ended on 20 October 2011, when Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed near his hometown of Sirte after 42 years of brutal rule.
The February 2011-uprising against Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule pulled the entire country into a deadly and continuous war.
