THE GUARDIAN:
Earlier we heard reports that the Mitiga airbase had defected to anti-Gaddafi supporters. Martin Chulov tweets to confirm:
@martinchulov The Mitiga air base is confirmed to have fallen in Tripoli. #Libya. #Ghaddafi. Planes that strafed citizens took off from here.
Ian Black, the Guardian's Middle East editor, gives some context as to how much of a blow this could be for Gaddafi and his supporters:
If Mitiga air base near Tripoli is confirmed as having gone over to the Libyan popular uprising it would be a serious blow for the regime close to the heart of the capital. The military base is adjacent to a civilian airport used for domestic and some short-haul international flights.
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