Gaddafi loyalists blamed for Tripoli water crisis
A Libyan rebel official says attacks by Moammar Gaddafi's forces on water engineers deep in the Libyan desert have caused a widespread water shortage in the capital, Tripoli.
The official, Aref Ali Nayeb, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that regime forces fired on repair crews a week ago as they tried to restart wells pumping water from deep aquifers some 700 kilometers (434.98 miles) south of Tripoli. (AP)
