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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tripoli-braced-for-new-clashes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Protesters in the Libyan capital Tripoli face a new crackdown by pro-Gaddafi forces (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-tripoli-braced-for-new-clashes.jpg" alt="Protesters in the Libyan capital Tripoli face a new crackdown by pro-Gaddafi forces (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have set up checkpoints in Tripoli ahead of planned anti-government protests, raising fears of new bloodshed in the Libyan capital.</p>
<p>A heavy crackdown during the past week has spread fear among residents.</p>
<p>The opposition has called for protesters to march out of mosques after Friday prayers and join demonstrations demanding Gaddafi&#8217;s removal.</p>
<p>Similar protests last Friday were met by brutal retaliation: Pro-regime militiamen opened fire immediately on the marches, killing and wounding a number of protesters.</p>
<p>Internet services, which have been patchy throughout Libya&#8217;s upheaval, appeared to be halted completely in Tripoli as well as in Benghazi &#8211; the opposition&#8217;s stronghold in the east.</p>
<p>Control of the capital is crucial to the Libyan leader, since it remains his strongest remaining bastion amid the uprising that began on February 15.</p>
<p>Even some cities in the west near Tripoli have fallen to the uprising, and the opposition has repelled repeated attacks by pro-Gaddafi forces trying to take back lost ground.</p>
<p>A large force from a brigade led by one of Gaddafi&#8217;s sons is leading a new attack on Zawiya, the closest opposition-held city to Tripoli, a resident said.</p>
<p>The troops from the Khamis Brigade &#8211; named after the son &#8211; attacked Zawiya&#8217;s western side, fired mortars and were using heavy machine guns and automatic weapons in clashes with armed residents and allied army units.</p>
<p>Friday could be a significant test of whether the opposition can maintain protests in Tripoli in the face of a fearsome clampdown. Several hours before prayers, streets were eerily empty, with few residents out. Security forces, however, were taking up key positions across Tripoli.</p>
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