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The protests in Libya for two weeks after the planned "March of Millions" Tripoli still in full swing. Gaddafi has no intention to withdraw, claiming that the protests were orchestrated by al-Qaeda. Every few days immersed He on the Libyan state television and announced new strange messages and threats. Meanwhile, thousands try to leave the country. Others want to stay and fight against Gaddafi, as long as he has disappeared to. Technically inferior weapons they are the bodyguards of the despot indeed, but there are increasing rumors that ex-regime soldiers go over to the rebels. Libya's leading diplomats expressed their solidarity with the insurgents, several politicians also gave presentations on their side. A possible scenario is arming the rebels smuggled secret special forces. The question is how long the international community still stand by watching or who the Libyan population can support ...
Finally, the Libyan air force bombed again several times, the city of Ras Lanuf. On the morning of 7 March 2011 the BBC reported recaptured that Ben Jawad by soldiers of the regime was. At noon, the Arabic television station Al Jazeera reported that the U.S. is likely to monitor for several days with a reconnaissance plane from the AWACS the Libyan airspace. In the evening it was announced that the NATO expansion of an existing 10-hour monitoring have decided to 24 hours. It was also announced that the U.S. has approved humanitarian aid in the amount of $ 15 million. How exactly the money will be used is still unclear. Still, the Gaddafi government controls most towns in the west and south, including the capital Tripoli.
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