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Inside a Libyan Rebel Prison Camp

Amid the chaos of the fighting, the rebels have set up a prison camp for Gaddafi loyalist fighters. Babak Dehghanpisheh reports on the abuse accusations

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A rebel patrols a prison in Benghazi where suspected mercenaries and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have been detained, on March 24. (Photo: Suhaib Salem, Reuters / Landov),SUHAIB SALEM

The coalition jet streaked around the column of Muammar Gaddafi’s troops on a desolate highway in eastern Libya. “I thought it was a Libyan jet,” said Salah Khalifa, a 30-year-old soldier among the ground troops.

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