Battles Across Libya

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The Atlantic:

Alan Taylor
3/2/11

Over the past week, forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi have reportedly bombed ammunition depots to keep weapons out of the hands of the opposition, and staged attacks against towns held by opposition forces, both to limited effect. The International community has begun to clamp down on the regime, calling for Qaddafi to leave power, imposing sanctions, freezing billions of dollars in assets, and contemplating military options -- including the possible enforcement of a no-fly zone to protect Libyan citizens. As battles take place in several cities, hundreds of thousands of refugees continue trying to flee the country, creating a wider humanitarian crisis as they mass around the Tunisian and Egyptian borders. Below are recent images from the ongoing Libyan crisis.





Libyans adjust the former Royal Libyan flag as it flies above an abandoned and damaged police station during a demonstration against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi in the city of Tobruk, eastern Libya, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Fraye


A Libyan army tank manned by soldiers opposed to leader Muammar Qaddafi is surrounded by protesters in the city of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli March 1, 2011. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)


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A Libyan anti-government protester with her face painted in the colors of Libya's old national flag takes part in a gathering in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 27, 2011. Libyan protest leaders established a transitional "national council" in cities seized from Muammar Qaddafi, as world leaders called on him to quit and protesters closed in on Tripoli. (PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)


Libyan anti-government fighters stand on a mountain near Nalut, western Libya, on March 1, 2011, to keep Qaddafi forces under surveillance. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)


A Libyan protester shows a picture found in the ransacked headquarters of the judiciary police in Benghazi on February 25, 2011. Euphoria in Libya's second city Benghazi gave way to growing concern that it remains vulnerable to a counter-attack by Muammar Qaddafi's forces. (PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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