CycleofSuppressionRisesinLibyaandElsewhereBEIRUT,Lebanon—LibyansecurityforcesmovedagainstprotestersSaturdayinBenghazi,thecountry’ssecond-largestcityandtheepicenterofthemostseriouschallengetofourdecadesofCol
Muammarel-Qaddafi’srule,oppositionleadersandresidentssaid
Thedeathtollrosetoatleast104people,mostoftheminBenghazi,HumanRightsWatchreported
MultimediaTheeventsappearedtomarkadecisiveturninfourdaysofproteststhathaveshakenLibya,aNorthAfricannationrichinoil
Bynightfall,adeadlycyclehadclearlyemergedinacitywherethousandshavegatheredinantigovernmentdemonstrations:Securityforcesfiredonfuneralmarches,killingmoreprotesters,creatingmorefunerals
Thescopeofthecrackdownwasalmostimpossibletoverifyinanisolatedcountrythatremainslargelyofflimitstoforeignjournalistsand,aspartofthegovernment’seffortstosque