A Zintan light artillery is there. The guerrillas are supplied with weapons, but require immediate intervention of international forces "otherwise their battle will be lost." Julien (real name) is a European professional come to work in the Libyan city. He had contacts with the insurgents and knows the concerns of local people.
Zintan, a city south of Tripoli near the border with Tunisia, is going through hours of tension and waiting, hoping that the attacks against Gaddafi does not concentrate only in the north, but also fall in the south. For it is from the southern part of Libya that the reinforcements are coming dictator, probably mercenaries to deal with the armed opposition.
"The local population," said Julien to reach the satellite phone, "it was confident of the outcome of the revolt until the early hours of yesterday morning. Then the mood is down: they have not received any notice of intervention of international forces and are now calling out for help.
We try to understand what the situation is only by word of mouth or looking around, we have no source of reliable information on what is happening on other cities. But we know that Tripoli was bombed. " And in these moments the situation is worsening with "heavy artillery attacks by the forces of the regime, just two kilometers from here." The city is deserted, the shops are closed.
Women and children are the only ones left at home, in underground bunkers or hidden in the old city while the men, aged 20 to 60 years, all have taken up arms against Gaddafi. But without a massive intervention of international forces, the rebels know that their resistance is futile. The insurgents, said Julien, were enthusiastic about the UN resolution and expected quick action.
That, until now, has not yet occurred while the men marched to the north of the Rais. "The insurgents are able to communicate with each other, although for security reasons, I can not explain how. They are organized at local level: for each city and set up a commission established numerous checkpoints that control each and every vehicle that enters the city.
They are attentive and wary of those who enter into civilian clothes, because they know they can be men of the regime. They are all armed, but we are talking about small arms, which are nothing compared to the arsenals of Gaddafi. " In Libya, according to Julien, there are no organized groups in support of the Colonel, but considers it likely that those who have not yet openly deployed prefer to wait "will depend on which side the balance at the end of war." The European in the nine days he has spoken only with the guerrillas.
Women are invisible, children do not understand what is happening. "The armed opposition means only one thing to the international community," he concludes. "What intervene at the earliest, and their sacrifice will have been useless." 
Zintan, a city south of Tripoli near the border with Tunisia, is going through hours of tension and waiting, hoping that the attacks against Gaddafi does not concentrate only in the north, but also fall in the south. For it is from the southern part of Libya that the reinforcements are coming dictator, probably mercenaries to deal with the armed opposition.
"The local population," said Julien to reach the satellite phone, "it was confident of the outcome of the revolt until the early hours of yesterday morning. Then the mood is down: they have not received any notice of intervention of international forces and are now calling out for help.
We try to understand what the situation is only by word of mouth or looking around, we have no source of reliable information on what is happening on other cities. But we know that Tripoli was bombed. " And in these moments the situation is worsening with "heavy artillery attacks by the forces of the regime, just two kilometers from here." The city is deserted, the shops are closed.
Women and children are the only ones left at home, in underground bunkers or hidden in the old city while the men, aged 20 to 60 years, all have taken up arms against Gaddafi. But without a massive intervention of international forces, the rebels know that their resistance is futile. The insurgents, said Julien, were enthusiastic about the UN resolution and expected quick action.
That, until now, has not yet occurred while the men marched to the north of the Rais. "The insurgents are able to communicate with each other, although for security reasons, I can not explain how. They are organized at local level: for each city and set up a commission established numerous checkpoints that control each and every vehicle that enters the city.
They are attentive and wary of those who enter into civilian clothes, because they know they can be men of the regime. They are all armed, but we are talking about small arms, which are nothing compared to the arsenals of Gaddafi. " In Libya, according to Julien, there are no organized groups in support of the Colonel, but considers it likely that those who have not yet openly deployed prefer to wait "will depend on which side the balance at the end of war." The European in the nine days he has spoken only with the guerrillas.
Women are invisible, children do not understand what is happening. "The armed opposition means only one thing to the international community," he concludes. "What intervene at the earliest, and their sacrifice will have been useless."
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