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Libya, Another Look » WWII in Tobruk, Libya

At one time Libya's largest export was scrap metal from world war battles. Even today the remains of massive battles slowly rust away near Tobruk.

At one time Libya’s largest export was scrap metal from world war battles. Even today the remains of massive battles slowly rust away near Tobruk.

A long ways from any fighting, children in the small sea village of Sosa swim in the quiet port. The village has a large hotel built beside an archeological site, but tourism has dried up with the outbreak of fighting.
Outside Beida a farmer works with his family to water their pear and peach orchard. Libya had a large population of immigrant workers from the middle east and eastern asia, but the revolution forced many of them to return home.