USA TODAY / AP: TRIPOLI, Libya …The shaking cacophony of bangs and bullets one recent evening all served to camouflage the thin turnout at a pro-Gadhafi demonstration in his stronghold, the capital of Tripoli. Only several hundred showed up, and many seemed more interested in having fun than in showing solidarity with the regime…
Fewer appear willing to be human shields to protect Gadhafi’s compound from NATO strikes. Brief gun battles break out in some neighborhoods. There are whispers of dissent…
Since the uprising began in mid-February, food prices have soared. Vegetable oil rose from less than one Libyan dinar to four dinars. Pasta, a Libyan staple has risen from half a dinar to 2 dinars… (more)
