Saturday, October 22, 2011

Libya's unlikely rebel with a cause against Gaddafi

2:48 AM | Posted by Free Game Zone | Edit Post

a quiet life in Tripoli brigade battles Zinta, Walid Danna explains how he came to the fight against the leader of Libya

When the history of the revolution in Libya in 2011 is written, is essentially composed of hundreds of stories of men like Walid Danna.

Cosmopolitan, traveled, an urban professional with a penchant for fishing, watching movies and drinking coffee, Danna lived a quiet life in Tripoli with his family - father, mother, four brothers and their younger sister, in her free time with his friends gathered in the cafes of the capital, or swim in the Mediterranean or developed. He was thinking of buying an apartment and get involved. During a fishing trip in bags of 10 kg of squid. His mother, joked he would eat squid for months.

In February, he was indifferent to the Gaddafi clan, quite pleased with the bank for a living wage as a petroleum engineer. He had studied in London for a Masters in Business Administration. He had never seen a gun, let alone drive.

all changed on Feb. 21, when supporters of Qaddafi began to clear the protesters in the streets of Tripoli and anti-aircraft weapons. "For days I could not sleep, driving in front of his house to find empty bullets in his garden," said Danna The Guardian of London. "If you have been made. When he started killing people knew I had to do something. Not only should stay home and wait for the moment. "

From the beginning, it was easy to learn how to participate. The rebel movement as diverse and often chaotic. But it was as simple as picking up a weapon and take to the streets.

"It took time because I do not know what to do," said Danna, pulling the beard of his revolution. Tripoli was closed. The resistance was not in vain. Danna went to the west. His family originally from Zinta, a Berber village with an independent set and a few scores to settle.

"I went to Zinta at the beginning of April. They told me I had fought against the strongest squad despite the fact that Gaddafi had no weapons. How a man can, he captured a tank with only a knife. Another man was armed with a shotgun from the Italian period of 100 years. And he managed to get a gun to a soldier. "

  • Maps showing the progress of the Libyan revolution to show how Zinta Brigade - 2500 men, no more - have helped turn the tide against the forces of the regime. After entering the city and land in the golden days of February, the rebels were defeated in a series of battles in March. Currently Zinta Danna was conducted, which was reduced to a mountain fortress in the west, surrounded by the colors green troops of Gaddafi. At the heart of the rebel red Zinta, the only city in the west that has never died.
  • In the coming weeks, the movement was organized. Special Forces officers in Benghazi came by Tunisia and began training volunteers. "They know you are a civilian to begin to make a relationship between you and your weapon at least not afraid of him," said Danna. "We were trained how to clean your weapon, because they remove and replace. They teach you to shoot. They exercise training, exercises, and to see people come to 05 hours. This has never happened in the time Gaddafi. "
Gradually, the rebels of the west began to gnaw the green band. Past to bring a box of ammunition for a weapon captured 30 kg machine Danna, handling his own weapon. The food was often scarce - Gaddafi Zinta units held under siege for weeks. But the rebel movement and inventive resources.

"One day, he had the same fate, I have a bread and cheese and had a tomato, tomatoes that I can try again now, because I had not had any kind of vegetables for over a month, "Danna said, imitating the act of eating a sandwich with those.

was really dates that led the army mobile, energetic and easy to eat, were the staple of front-line fighters. In the battle for al-Bagul Zawiyat mid-June, Danna remembers sitting in his position for 11 hours with only four dates to eat. "You're not thinking about food." Think again about freedom. It's good to fight for the freedom of another people. "


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