Rebels pray on the outskirts of Ajdabiya on the road leading to Brega March 2, 2011.
A Libyan rebel prepars a rocket launcher during a battle against pro-Moaamar Gadhafi fighters, in the town of Brega, east of Libya, on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Regime opponents battled forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who tried Wednesday to retake a key oil installation in a counteroffensive Wednesday against the rebel-held eastern half of the country. At one point in the flip-flopping battle, anti-Gadhafi fighters cornered the attackers in a nearby seaside university campus in fierce fighting that killed at least five
A dead Libyan man is taken into a hospital in the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Gadhafi vowed “We will fight until the last man and woman” and lashed out against Europe and the United States for their pressure on him to step down, warning that thousands of Libyans will die if U.S. and NATO forces intervene in the conflict.
A Libyan man inspects spent munitions after a fire fights with forces from the Libyan army in the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
A Libyan fighters reacts as he holds his RPG launcher during a battel against pro-Moaamar Gadhafi fighters vehicle in the town of Brega, east of Libya, Wednesday March 2, 2011. Regime opponents battled forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who tried Wednesday to retake a key oil installation in a counteroffensive Wednesday against the rebel-held eastern half of the country. At one point in the flip-flopping battle, anti-Gadhafi fighters cornered the attackers in a nearby seaside university campus in fierce fighting that killed at least five.
Libyan fighters prepare to battle in Ajdabiya on March 2, 2011 as Pro Moamer Kadhafi soldiers and mercenaries armed with tanks and heavy artillery stormed the nearby city of Brega, 200 kilometres (125 miles) southwest of the main eastern city Benghazi, sparking heavy clashes, residents said.
Libyan fighters stand on a hill as others perform the noon prayer on March 2, 2011 in Ajdabiya, 160 kms west of the eastern city of Benghazi. Opposition forces fought intense battles to repel Moamer Kadhafi’s forces from the nearby key eastern oil port of Brega as the regime’s biggest counter-offensive yet left at least 10 people dead.