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‘We will fight on, either Gaddafi goes or we die’

THE cries of “Allah Akber” – God is great – acted like an alarm.

Somewhere in the sky above us, a warplane had been spotted circling in preparation for an attack. Rebel fighters scurried to find whatever cover they could, while others opened fire with an anti-aircraft barrage.

Seconds later the bombs fell.