Libya’s Outgunned Rebels Urge No-Fly Zone to Help Beat Qaddafi
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When Fairouz Naas returned to her hometown of Benghazi last month to join the uprising against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, anti-regime protesters were unarmed and spent their time dodging teargas and bullets.
Three weeks into the revolt, Qaddafi’s forces are reinforcing their campaign with airstrikes on territory held by rebels who took up Kalashnikovs and hand-made grenades. Libyans such as Naas are escalating their calls for a no-fly zone over the North African country as the only way of ousting Qaddafi.