Tobruk

/ (təˈbrʊk, təʊ-) /

noun

a small port in NE Libya, in E Cyrenaica on the Mediterranean coast road: scene of severe fighting in World War II: taken from the Italians by the British in Jan 1941, from the British by the Germans in June 1942, and finally taken by the British in Nov 1942

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But not all members of the “Tobruk” government foreign intervention against the Islamists is the right move.

Libya’s Proxy Apocalypse |Jamie Dettmer |August 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A handful of others took shelter in Tobruk, a city near the Egyptian border.

View from the Ground in Libya |Babak Dehghanpisheh |March 19, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
“Tobruk,” the driver told him, a city near the Egyptian border.

Four Missing New York Times Journalists |Babak Dehghanpisheh |March 16, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
A number of Western media organizations pulled their staff back to the city of Tobruk, near the Egyptian border, on Sunday.

The Libyan Rebels' Decisive Next Battle |Babak Dehghanpisheh |March 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

They have, however, the only good ports on the whole coast, Bomba and Tobruk.

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Tobruk

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