Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: AP
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: AP
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: AP
A rebel fighter points his gun at a suspected Gaddafi supporter as other rebels try to protect the suspected supporter, on a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah, near Ajdabiyah. Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: AP
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
An angry crowd of Muammar Gaddafi followers chased Ban Ki-moon off Cairo's Tahrir Square as the UN leader tried to get a taste of Egypt's democratic revolution. Photo: AP
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
A rebel fighter points his gun at a suspected Gaddafi supporter along the Benghazi-Ajdabiyah road near Ajdabiyah March 21, 2011. Libyan rebels moved their forces near Ajdabiyah on Sunday after Western air strikes devastated Muammar Gaddafi's forces on a road leading up to the strategic eastern Libyan town. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: AP
Libyan pro and anti-Gadhafi protesters fight at the street in front of the Arab league building in Cairo, Egyp. Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: AP
Rebel fighters hold a suspected Gaddafi supporter on a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah, near Ajdabiyah. Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Photo: Reuters
Published Mar 21, 2011
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Libyan government forces pulled back 100 kilometres from rebel-held Benghazi but showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance on Monday. The forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retreated to the key town of Ajdabiya, south of the city of Benghazi, after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour, leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. But they sent rebels who followed up the withdrawal and were massed in their hundreds outside Ajdabiya fleeing in disarray when they opened up from the town with shell fire from their artillery and remaining tanks.
The rebels had begun advancing from positions some five to 10 kilometres from Ajdabiya, possibly encouraged by the sound of warplanes overhead, though no aircraft could be seen
