They stole a tank.
This is the most dramatic, heroic action by any Arab people in the post-World War II era. CNN is the source for the story, that the protesters "used an explosives-laden car and a tank to attack a military camp in Benghazi."
CNN is also reporting that Col. Qaddafi's son will speak on state television tonight.
"Protesters packed at least one car with explosives Sunday and sent it crashing into a compound wall at the [Alfadeel Abu Omar] camp," CNN continued. "Security forces then fired on the protesters as they attempted to breach the camp." "On the camp's southern side, meanwhile, protesters drove a tank from a nearby army base in another attempt to break in."
The odds are with the ones with the bullets and guns, but now the protesters are arming themselves.
If there is to be a New Libya the odds too are that it will turn out to be as undemocratic, dysfunctional, and hostile to the U.S. as Qaddafi's Libya. In which case we Americans will continue to return the enmity, gladly. For this one moment, from one American: all respect for the Libyan protesters. They are fighting for a new country.
This is the most dramatic, heroic action by any Arab people in the post-World War II era. CNN is the source for the story, that the protesters "used an explosives-laden car and a tank to attack a military camp in Benghazi."
CNN is also reporting that Col. Qaddafi's son will speak on state television tonight.
"Protesters packed at least one car with explosives Sunday and sent it crashing into a compound wall at the [Alfadeel Abu Omar] camp," CNN continued. "Security forces then fired on the protesters as they attempted to breach the camp." "On the camp's southern side, meanwhile, protesters drove a tank from a nearby army base in another attempt to break in."
The odds are with the ones with the bullets and guns, but now the protesters are arming themselves.
If there is to be a New Libya the odds too are that it will turn out to be as undemocratic, dysfunctional, and hostile to the U.S. as Qaddafi's Libya. In which case we Americans will continue to return the enmity, gladly. For this one moment, from one American: all respect for the Libyan protesters. They are fighting for a new country.
