World: Libya: Pro-Gaddafi forces capture Ras Lanuf, a key oil port
- We’ve been defeated. They are shelling and we are running away. That means that they’re taking Ras Lanuf.
- A rebel fighter in the Libyan city of Ras Lanuf • Discussing how Gaddafi supporters took over the oil port city. It’s just one front in which Gaddafi’s folks have been trying to gain lost ground. The capture of this town, by the way, completely follows the playbook Gaddafi has been pushing lately. source