(New York Times) Anthony Shadid - The momentum shifted decisively Thursday in the Libyan uprising as rebels fled from the strategic refinery town of Ras Lanuf under a sustained land, air and sea assault by government forces. "We are coming," Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, told reporters in Tripoli. There was a growing sense among the opposition, echoed by leaders in opposition-held Benghazi and rebels on the front, that they could not single-handedly defeat Gaddafi's forces.
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