Zawiyah,Libya February 27:Armed men opposed to the rule of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were in control of the city of Zawiyah, about 50 km west of the capital Tripoli, today, a Reuters reporter in the town said.
The red, green and black flag of Libya’s anti-Gaddafi rebellion was flying from a building in the town centre and a crowd of several hundred people was chanting ”This is our revolution,” the reporter said.
One man in the centre, called Mustafa, said seven people were killed in the lastest clashes with pro-Gaddafi security forces and many more were wounded.
But Zawiyah is free like Misrata and Benghazi. Gaddafi is crazy. His people shot at us using rocket-propelled grenades,” Mustafa said.
Another man, called Chawki, said: ”We need justice. People are being killed. Gaddafi’s people shot my nephew.”
We need help from outside. We will never use force or harm anyone. We just want our civil rights…He (Gaddafi) has to go.
There is no other way.”
The town bore the marks of heavy fighting, with buildings in the centre burnt and pockmarked with bullet holes, and burned-out vehicles left in the streets.
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