Ty Cacek (Western Kentucky University)
My Brother, You're Free Now
Award of Excellence
International Picture Story
Opposition supporters gather in memoriam and place pictures of the victims at a site where hundreds of anti-gaddafi prisoners were allegedly slain by government forces in a 1996 massacre in Banhazi. Banghazi, Libya. March 1, 2011.
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In Memory
Opposition supporters gather in memoriam and place pictures of the victims at a site where hundreds of anti-gaddafi prisoners were allegedly slain by government forces in a 1996 massacre in Banhazi. Banghazi, Libya. March 1, 2011.
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Civillian Funeral
Friends, Family and townspeople of Ajdabiyah, Libya gather to mourn and chant during a funeral procession for 6 Libyans killed the day before in battle between Loyalist and Rebel forces in the oil-refining town of Al-Brega, Libya on March 3, 2011.
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Untitled
A loyalist soldier receives emergency medical assistance at Ajdabiyah Medical Centre in Ajdabiyah, Libya on March 2, 2010.
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Rally to Revolution
Protestors chant at a demonstration in Benghazi, Libya the evening of March 1, 2011. While the Libyan government has been totally overrun in Benghazi, the people continue to demonstrate to send a message to the "unliberated" areas of the country. "Gadhafi thinks we love him, so we're here to show him just how much we really do." said one demonstrator with Sarcasm.
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Revolutionary Fighters
Men, ages 18-60, sit in formation during their brief training before heading to the frontlines.
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Momentary Victory
Rebel forces are seen in celebration after advancing past the town of Al-Brega on March 3, 2011. Al-Brega, a major oil refinery and key strategic location for the Revolutionary offensive, saw heavy fighting the day before in which 9 were killed and 35 wounded.
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Accused
Four alleged mercenaries from African nations captured while fleeing in civilian clothes wait in fear as a rioting crowd surrounds their vehicle in the town of Al-Brega on March 3, 2011. According to Rebel forces, the four men will be held as POWs and won't be killed.
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Loss
Friends, Family and townspeople of Ajdabiyah mourn while burying the body of one of six civillians killed in crossfire between rebel and pro-Gaddafi fighters the day before in the oil-refining town of Al-Brega, Libya on March 3, 2011, 16 days before the NATO intervention began to protect civilians from indiscriminate military action.