Time and the Devil...: The Map Tells a Tale in Western Libya
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| 17 August 2011 |
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| 17 March 2011 |
This map (left), via Informed Comment (courtesy
Iyad Elbaghdadi), gives an idea of what Col Ghaddafi is up against in Western Libya ("
Qaddafi Explores Routes to Flee Libya as Rebels Advance," 08/18/2011 by Juan Cole). Contrast it with the, admittedly more schematic, map to the right (below) from exactly five months earlier. The story has been one of small villages and crossroads. But the mountain ridge in the interior is now almost entirely filled with the flags of the opposition TNC. And now the routes to Tripoli from the West and the South are at the very least contested. (Juan Cole also reports, "[i]n Sabratha to the west of Zawiya,
the Free Libya forces not only completely subdued the city but they also captured the military base and transferred to themselves all the weapons in it.") Most Libyans live in Tripoli and the situation there is uncertain. But the map suggests the outcome no longer is.
And the latest?: "
Libya rebels seize Zawiyah oil refinery." (Aug 18, 2011, by Ulf Laessing and Yvonne Bell, National Post)
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