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Major Clashes Reported as Protests Near Libyan Capital -- News from Antiwar.com

Major Clashes Reported as Protests Near Libyan Capital -- News from Antiwar.com: "Though the internal protests in Tripoli have more or less been crushed by a brutal crackdown from the mercenary forces still loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, the massive nationwide movement continues to spread, and moves inexorably toward that last bastion of regime power, the Libyan capital.

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