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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gaddafi-forces-hit-back-at-revolt.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A protester holds a weapon as he shouts slogans against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration in Tobruk (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-gaddafi-forces-hit-back-at-revolt.jpg" alt="A protester holds a weapon as he shouts slogans against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration in Tobruk (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Army units and militiamen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have struck back against protesters, attacking a mosque where many had taken refuge and opening fire on others protecting a local airport.</p>
<p>A resident near the airport reported piles of bodies left behind and a &#8220;swamp of blood&#8221;.</p>
<p>The assaults aimed to push back a rebellion that has moved closer to Col Gaddafi&#8217;s bastion in the capital, Tripoli. The revolt has already split off much of the eastern half of Libya.</p>
<p>In the latest blow to the Libyan leader, a cousin who is one of his closest aides, Ahmed Gadhaf al-Dam, announced that he has defected to Egypt in protest against the regime&#8217;s bloody crackdown against the uprising, denouncing what he called &#8220;grave violations to human rights and human and international laws&#8221;.</p>
<p>In the city of Zawiya, 30 miles west of Tripoli, an army unit attacked a mosque where protesters had been camping inside and in an area outside for several days, a witness said.</p>
<p>The soldiers opened fire with automatic weapons and hit the mosque&#8217;s minaret with anti-aircraft missiles, he said. </p>
<p>He said there were casualties, but could not give exact figures. He said a day earlier an envoy from Col Gaddafi had come to the city and warned protesters: &#8220;Either leave or you will see a massacre.&#8221;</p>
<p>The other attack came at a small airport outside Misrata, Libya&#8217;s third largest city, where rebels claimed control on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Militiamen attacked a line of residents who were protecting the facility, opening fire with rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, said a resident who saw the assault</p>
<p>&#8220;They left piles of human remains and a swamp of blood,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The hospitals are packed with those killed and injured.&#8221; </p>
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