Libyan Protesters Hit by Hail of Gunfire

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BENGHAZI, Libya - Protesters demanding Moammar Gadhafi's ouster came under a hail of bullets Friday when pro-regime militiamen opened fire to stop the first significant anti-government marches in days in the Libyan capital. The Libyan leader, speaking from the ramparts of a historic Tripoli fort, told supporters to prepare to defend the nation.

Witnesses reported multiple deaths from gunmen on rooftops and in the streets shooting at crowds with automatic weapons and even an anti-aircraft gun.

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Libyan Protesters Hit by Hail of Gunfire

"It was really like we are dogs," one man who was marching from Tripoli's eastern Tajoura district told The ...

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