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Shrapnels fly through the air as a tank shell explodes near Libyan rebel fighters at the north-central key Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf on March 10, 2011
Friday, Mar. 11, 2011

Open quoteWe're not an army, we're the people and even if we had weapons, we wouldn't even know how to use them. Close quote

  • MOHAMMED AL-HOUNI,
  • a 25-year-old Libyan and one of the rebel fighters forced to retreat from the refinery town of Ras Lanuf Thursday following an assault by military forces loyal to leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi
Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP / Getty Images | Source: NYT