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Tue, Jul 12 2011 Analysis & Opinion America’s problematic remote control wars MQM’s pullout – Is it too late to have an impact ? Related Topics World » Libya » 1 / 5 A rebel watches the battle area in Al-Qawalish in the western mountains of Libya, July 13, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Ammar Awad By Peter Graff ZINTAN, Libya | Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:29am EDT ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi retook on Wednesday a village south of the capital seized by rebels a week ago, delivering a setback to rebel plans for a march on Tripoli. The loss of the village of Al-Qawalish, about 100 km (60 miles) from Tripoli, underlined the faltering pattern of the rebel advances that has led some of the rebels' Western backers to push for a political solution to the conflict. Fighters who pulled back to the nearby town of Zintan said pro-Gaddafi forces swept through Al-Qawalish from the east and reached as far as the checkpoint on the western edge of the village. Scores of rebels in about a dozen pickup trucks with heavy weapons mounted on the back prepared a counterattack to take back the village. They shouted, "Allahu Akbar," or "God is Greatest" as they drove in a convoy back toward Al-Qawalish. "The rebels intend to reach the village by nightfall," said Moktar Lakdar, a rebel commander. "We know that he (Gaddafi) has ... heavy weapons but he is now going back. We are pushing him back." A Reuters team had been in Al-Qawalish on Wednesday morning when pro-Gaddafi forces began their assault on the village. Small arms fire broke out in the east of the village and shells landed nearby. Soon after, several truckloads of rebel fighters sped west out of the village, away from the attacking government forces, with one shouting, "Go, go, it is not safe here!" Rebel forces had been planning to use Al-Qawalish as a staging post to take the nearby town of Garyan, which controls access to the main highway heading north to Tripoli. The conflict in Libya started out as a rebellion against Gaddafi's 41-year-rule. It has now turned into the bloodiest of the "Arab Spring" uprisings convulsing the region and has embroiled Western powers in a prolonged conflict they had hoped would swiftly force Gaddafi out of power. The Libyan leader is refusing to quit and the rebels have been unable to make a decisive breakthrough toward his stronghold in the capital despite support from Western warplanes. DEAL 'TAKING SHAPE' France said on Tuesday a political way out of the conflict was being looked at and that Gaddafi's emissaries had been in contact with NATO members to say he was ready to leave power. "A political solution is more than ever indispensable and is beginning to take shape," French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in Paris. But it was not obvious how negotiations could persuade Gaddafi to change his mind and relinquish power, especially at a time when the Western alliance ranged against him is showing signs of wavering. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is under pressure to find a quick solution. He gambled by taking a personal role in supporting the rebels, but is now anxious to avoid costly military operations running into the start of campaigning for the April 2012 presidential election. Washington expressed doubts about peace overtures from Gaddafi emissaries. A State Department spokeswoman said the "messages are contradictory" and there is no clear evidence "Gaddafi is prepared to understand that its time for him to go." 'PATHETIC" CONTRIBUTIONS' Revealing fresh strains inside NATO about the cost and duration of the Libyan operation, British Defense Minister Liam Fox said other alliance members were not pulling their weight and described some states' contributions as "pathetic." "The United States is willing to spend on defense, Britain is willing to spend on defense and deploy. Far too (many) of our European partners inside NATO are still trying to get a free ride, and they should regard Libya as a wake-up call," Fox said. "If they want the insurance policy, they should perhaps think about paying the premiums," he said at the Royal United Services Institute defense think tank in London. The rebel National Transitional Council, based in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, received a diplomatic boost on Wednesday when Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands recognized the council as Libyans' legitimate representative. The Benelux countries joined more than 20 countries who have already granted the council recognition. (Additional reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers, Nick Carey in Misrata, Justyna Pawlak and Christopher Le Coq in Brussels, John Irish in Paris and Mohammed Abbas in London; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Peter Cooney) World Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (1) stambo2001 wrote: Funny stuff. For all the technological toys of mass destruction available to the US they can’t beat anyone. They’ve already been in Afghanistan/Iraq a full decade, longer than both world wars combined. Today even tiny little Libya is holding off against the mighty US of A (nobody really buys the whole Nato line anymore. The US broke it so the US bought it). It’s just a matter of time before the USA (via Nato) is forced to put ‘boots on the ground’ in order to save face. They’re already supplying and training the ‘rebels’. They’re already providing ‘logistics’ and ‘intelligence’, and they’re already providing air and artillery cover. Months later, after all the military action, Ghaddafi is still in power. Now today the US has to face either putting the ‘boots on the ground’ and be mired in yet another afghanistan/iraq OR pull out with their tail between their legs and become even more of a global laughing stock. How sad for the Americans to be going broke paying for wars they don’t even win anymore. 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