Opposition, allies implement plan to prevent chaos in Tripoli
By Joby Warrick and Karen DeYoung | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-26 08:03
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(Left to right) Ng Kin Ming from Hong Kong, Feng Yunxian from Beijing, Tang Leung Tong and Matthew Sze Ho Wai from Hong Kong, wait to be evacuated by the International Red Cross from the Rixos hotel in Tripoli on Wednesday. Paul Hackett / Reuters |
WASHINGTON - Among the first waves of rebels to storm Tripoli this week was a small team whose members carried smartphones along with their weapons. Under a well-rehearsed plan, they blasted Arabic text messages that would appear on tens of thousands of cell phones throughout the city.
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