Khalid Shahmah
Khalid Shahmah | |
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| Allegiance |  2011 Libyan civil war * First Battle of Zawiya |
2011 Libyan civil war
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Libya's state-controlled television station reported in an "urgent" on-screen cation that Major-General Khalid Shahmah, switched sides to join the rebels in the city of Zawiya, one of two fiercely contested western cities that were strongholds of the opposition at the time of Shahmah's defection. Coinciding with the defection, Western military analysts, like the International Institute for Strategic Studies based in London, determined that Colonel Gaddafi had begun curbing the use of his ground troops because his commanders feared mass defections.[2]
References
- ^ Daragahi, Borzou. "Libyan general joins rebels in Zawiya". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ McElroy, Damien (9 March 2011). "Regime fears army revolt". The Sydney Morning Harald. Retrieved 13 April 2011.