Reply #12: #Sirte - update; Visions of A Libyan blog [View All]

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Dernawiya Hanan
Freedom Fighters have entered #Sirte from the East and South - #Libya 20 minutes ago

Sirte_Feb17 Sirtawi
News coming in that #FFs are now 3km west of #Sirte. #GulfMermaid #FreeSirte 45 minutes ago

emmaomo2011 emmaomo
#Sirte: Misrata FF entered gate 30. 5FF injured so far. FF destroyed 3 launchers and are still advancing via wefaq #Libya 1 hour ago

LibyanDictator
#Misrata eastern front are now 30km away from #Sirte. 5 injuries so far today. #Libya #Feb17 58 minutes ago

LibyaFromFrance Sarah LFFR
#AJA Breaking : #Misrata #FreedomFighters have entered #Sirte from the South and the West. #AllahuAkbar #Libya 30 minutes ago

2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
FF from Misrata confirm they entered Sirte and are close to the TV station. Resistance less than expected. 7 minutes ago

ETA, one more:
Sirte_Feb17 Sirtawi
Clashes now btwn #FFs & Gmen inside #Sirte. #FFs near Macmadas retail center near #2. 1 minute ago

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Visions of A Libyan

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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Waiting For Sirte...

Isn't it weird... that there exists on earth... at the heart of Africa's northern coast... the center of our planet's map... a city that's isolated from the outside world?

Bitter, and strange.

In the past, every time we went to Libya for our summer vacation, I always felt that our trip would be incomplete had we not been to Sirte. For me, that city is Libya. The people there are my family. I can't explain my love for its atmosphere, I just feel... home.

I love how, whenever we enter the city, Dad would turn off the a.c. and we'd roll down our windows. The blast of warm Mediterranean air is so soothing, let alone that we normally arrive there around dusk, a time when the city's crawling back to life

more... http://visionsofalibyan.blogspot.com/2011/09/waiting-for-sirte.html