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| Libyan rebels celebrate after capturing the town of Al-Ghazaya in western Libya from loyalist forces in July 2011 (AFP/File, Florent Marcie) |
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"The Koran specifically says the sick, travellers and combatants do not have to respect the fast if they are unable to," Brahim said of the dawn-to-dusk fast observant Muslims are expected to adhere to during Ramadan.
"Our cause is also sacred -- it's a jihad. There is no question of us giving Kadhafi the advantage, especially since he's in a poor position. This is not the moment" to stop fighting, he added.
The Great Guys march is sacred, in the eyes of the God we are free and equal. You all tyrants around the world all will punished by your very own people you try to suppress! They all raise like burning hell and bullet into your head! Remember that!
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Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid has just been reporting live from just outside the western town of Zlitan, where rebel forces are advancing.
People under Gaddafi control areas are they either say they support Gaddafi or they nor support both side. That is common situation like this as; i) they afraid Gaddafi ii) they are brain washed by Gaddafi they don’t know what is going on, iii) they will changed their side whoever wins. So this case, probably Gaddafi using as “civilian” as shield so the NATO and the freedom fighters they have to whatever necessary they have to. Every conflict unavoidable casualties, but situation like the Zlitan, Gaddafi soldiers are pretending as civilians. Up to the freedom fighters want to streets fight that is up to them and if they need outside help(NATO) by all means ask them too. If there is NO Gaddafi soldiers inside Zlitan there would be no need to fights. If Gaddafi using the civilians as shields then NATO have to protect civilians too. If I were freedom fighters if the outcome would be bigger than the casualties than we go for it. For the NATO, there would be always casualties in any conflicts no matter how much they are careful but as long as the casualties are not intentional and protecting much bigger civilians lives as a whole then there would be certainly a justification.
...The fall of Zlitan also poses problems for Gaddafi in finding new troops to hold the expanding front line around Misrata without drawing off other forces needed on the eastern front and in the Nafusa mountains to the west....
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