From dentists to shopkeepers – they grab any weapon they can in their thirst for revolution Gunmen opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi man a checkpoint in the centre of the city of Zawiyah Photo: AP By Adrian Blomfield, on Brega beach and Nick Meo in Benghazi 10:52AM GMT 06 Mar 2011 Comments Amid the cacophony of the battle below, the low, sinister hum of the fighter jet’s engines was scarcely audible at first. Then, as it grew louder, a ripple of tension spread across the disorderly ranks of rebels positioned haphazardly along Brega beach and its nearby sand dunes. The rat-a-tat-tat of their rifles fell silent as the aircraft emerged from the glare of the sun and looped back in the direction…
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