First Battle of Brega

First Battle of Brega
	Part of Libyan Civil War
	; Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Brega
Date	2 March 2011
Location	Brega, Libya
Result	Anti-Gaddafi victory Pro-Gaddafi forces fail to recapture Brega;
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army;	Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Commanders and leaders
Bashir Abdel-Qader; Khaled Kowati	Muammar Gaddafi
Strength
300-350 combatants; One tank; Dozens of technicals	200-400 combatants; Two fighter jets; 50 technicals; 120mm artillery
Casualties and losses
14 killed; 12 captured; 28 wounded	2-10 killed; 4 captured; 1 F1 shot down

The First Battle of Brega^[7] was fought during the Libyan Civil War. It began when pro-Gaddafi government troops attacked the city, held by the National Transitional Council, in the early hours of 2 March 2011.

^ Schemm, Paul (2 March 2011). "Libya Rebels Rout Gaddafi Forces In Fierce Battle For Oil Port". The Huffington Post. Brega. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Live Blog - Libya March 2 | Al Jazeera Blogs". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b Potter, Mitch (2 March 2011). "The Star in Libya: Rebels quash Gadhafi raid". The Toronto Star. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Simpson, John (3 March 2011). "Libya revolt: Rebels say no talks unless Gaddafi goes". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
^ Sengupta, Kim (3 March 2011). "Gaddafi's men poised to strike at Benghazi". The Independent. El Agheila. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Dehghanpisheh, Babak (4 March 2011). "Inside Libya's Rebel Movement". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Hill, Evan (3 March 2011). "The battle for Brega". Al Jazeera. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[1] Schemm, Paul (2 March 2011). "Libya Rebels Rout Gaddafi Forces In Fierce Battle For Oil Port". The Huffington Post. Brega. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

[livemarch2-2] "Live Blog - Libya March 2 | Al Jazeera Blogs". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[thestar.com-3] Potter, Mitch (2 March 2011). "The Star in Libya: Rebels quash Gadhafi raid". The Toronto Star. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[notalks-4] Simpson, John (3 March 2011). "Libya revolt: Rebels say no talks unless Gaddafi goes". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

[5] Sengupta, Kim (3 March 2011). "Gaddafi's men poised to strike at Benghazi". The Independent. El Agheila. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[6] Dehghanpisheh, Babak (4 March 2011). "Inside Libya's Rebel Movement". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[7] Hill, Evan (3 March 2011). "The battle for Brega". Al Jazeera. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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