02-21-2011, 11:22 AM
[url="http://www.kforcegov.com/Services/IS/NightWatch/NightWatch_11000039.aspx"]NightWatch[/url]
Quote:Libya: Security, administrative and judicial buildings, including those of the Revolutionary Committees, in Benghazi in eastern Libya, as well as two police stations in al-Baraka and al-Fuwayhat were torched, Libyan newspaper Quryna reported. The newspaper said more than 1,000 inmates escaped the Benghazi al-Kuwayfiayaa correctional facility. About 150 of the inmates were recaptured.
The Libyan Army's elite Khamis Brigade used snipers to harass protesters in Benghazi. Also, a pro-government militia was in close combat with protesters using knives and automatic weapons, according to news service accounts from eyewitnesses.
The Khamis Brigade, led by Qadhafi's son Khamis Qadhafi, plus militias of foreign soldiers moved into several cities, residents said. Witnesses reported what they believed to be sub-Saharan Africans or Tunisian soldiers who were speaking French and wearing blue uniforms.
Comment: The worst unrest appears to be occurring in Benghazi, in eastern Libya. Benghazi is far from Tripoli, across the Gulf of Sidra. The unrest looks serious, but as long as it stays in Benghazi, it poses no threat to the Qadhafi regime whose center of power is Tripoli.