Saturday, April 9, 2011

Libya rebels vent frustration on Nato and a silent leadership

Benghazi rebels feel they are being denied the promised air power and kept in the dark by revolutionary council

Chris McGreal in Benghazi
guardian.co.uk
, Saturday 9 April 2011


"The chants of the demonstrators in Benghazi and among furious rebel fighters on Libya's frontline reflected the sudden shift in mood. "Where is Nato?" demanded the same people who only days earlier were waving French flags and shouting "Viva David Cameron". But behind the growing anger in revolutionary Libya over what is seen as a retreat by the west from air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces – a fury compounded by two botched Nato raids that killed rebel fighters – there was a second question: where are our leaders?...."

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