Posted on 03/04/2011 8:28:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The cause of the explosions was not immediately clear, although most local residents ruled out an air strike by forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Gaddafi in an intensifying battle with eastern rebels fighting for his ouster.
Resident Abdallah Bubakr told AFP rebels turned up at the military base, demanding weapons to take to the front at Raslanuf, an oil town further west that rebels later on Friday claimed to have captured from Gaddafi's forces.
"Two cars rode up with people at the place and said they wanted weapons to take to Raslanuf. They entered the store and just after they left Rajma, there was the first explosion, followed five minutes later by another," he said.
"The first explosion was mild and the second big," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
“I said ‘Bud Light’”.
This is real bad juju.
Ghadhafi is done, and we have no clue who will fill the void.
Events are escalating quickly.
Arms depot Marakay Venuzuela 1/30/11
OOPS!!
What is interesting to me about this is with the advent of the Web, a armed force can now access aerial views that before were not really possible.
Wonder which side, or if both sides, are taking advantage of things such as Google Satellite view?
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