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First Battle of Brega
| First Battle of Brega | |||||||
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| Part of Libyan Civil War | |||||||
.jpg) Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Brega | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Bashir Abdel-Qader[2] Khaled Kowati[3] |
Muammar Gaddafi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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300-350 combatants One tank Dozens of technicals |
200-400 combatants Two fighter jets 50 technicals 120mm artillery | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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14 killed[4] 12 captured[5] 28 wounded[6] |
2[2]-10 killed 4 captured 1 F1 shot down[3] | ||||||
The First Battle of Brega[7] was fought during the Libyan Civil War. It began when pro-Gaddafi government troops attacked the city, held by the National Transitional Council, in the early hours of 2 March 2011.
- ^ Schemm, Paul (2 March 2011). "Libya Rebels Rout Gaddafi Forces In Fierce Battle For Oil Port". The Huffington Post. Brega. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Live Blog - Libya March 2 | Al Jazeera Blogs". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b Potter, Mitch (2 March 2011). "The Star in Libya: Rebels quash Gadhafi raid". The Toronto Star. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Simpson, John (3 March 2011). "Libya revolt: Rebels say no talks unless Gaddafi goes". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Sengupta, Kim (3 March 2011). "Gaddafi's men poised to strike at Benghazi". The Independent. El Agheila. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Dehghanpisheh, Babak (4 March 2011). "Inside Libya's Rebel Movement". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Hill, Evan (3 March 2011). "The battle for Brega". Al Jazeera. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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