Libya borders wide open
Image via WikipediaOn Libya's northeastern border, there are no visa procedures and no passport-control officers. There's just a gaggle of armed young men - defected soldiers and police officers - waving people through.Perhaps the media can now find their way to the fighting. While it will have definite dangers, there is a story here the world is anxious to hear about. Those brave enough to go need to have some rough men to protect them.
"Welcome to the new Libya," reads a graffiti tag at the crossing.
The young men eagerly displayed cellphone videos that they said depicted government mercenaries shooting down women, children and men. They told of rapes, looting and killings over the past week, as demonstrators have risen up in open revolt and the government of Col. Moammar Gaddafi has cracked down hard.
"Our leader is a tyrant and he'll kill us all in cold blood," said Hassan el-Modeer, a British-educated engineer. "The world needs to intervene as soon as possible."
Opposition supporters described this area to visitors as the "liberated eastern region of Libya," and anti-government sentiment here runs high.
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The pockets of resistance to Gaddafi's rule go all the way to Tripoli with places like Bhengazi firmly in the hands of opposition forces. I suspect it is just a matter of time until the rest of Tripoli falls.
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