‘This will make the Arabs and Muslims forget about Iraq’ | London Mercury

‘This will make the Arabs and Muslims forget about Iraq’

The Herald Sunday 20th March, 2011

';If the French had not struck, we would all be suffering now. They came in time,'; said Yunis Salem, 52, an oil worker, sitting across the road from the courthouse which is the rebel headquarters. On the city outskirts, residents clambered over the wrecked tanks of Gaddafi’s forces and posed for pictures. Rebel fighters drove around perched on the back of pick-up trucks, occasionally firing blasts of gunfire into the air. People still milled around the dilapidated courthouse on Benghazi’s seafront but the anxiety of recent days, largely gone. ';Today we are feeling high,'; said Ameer Mari, a 23-year-old dental student. ';Yes, we have a victory.'; Gaddafi’s forces reached the edge of Benghazi – a city of 700,000 people with a long history of opposition to his rule &...

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