Rebels regroup in bid to oust Gaddafi

LIBYAN rebels put their best troops in to battle Muammar Gaddafi’s forces for the eastern oil town of Brega yesterday while Western warplanes flew overhead and the sound of explosions ripped through the air.

Libya’s civil war is in danger of getting bogged down in a stalemate as neither Gaddafi’s troops, tanks and artillery, nor the chaotic rebel force is able to gain the upper hand, despite Western air power effectively aiding the insurgents.

The rebels are, however, attempting to put their house in order, naming a “crisis team” with the former interior minister as the armed forces chief of staff, to try to run parts of Libya it holds and reorganising their military forces.