Friday, March 18, 2011

Gaddafi doubles its recent offensive in rebel-controlled enclaves

The siege of the second rebel stronghold Gaddafi, the Benghazi, the second largest city, continues. Warplanes on Thursday bombed the airport in Benin, about 10 miles west of Benghazi, he assured the rebel Colonel Adel Al Jazeera Borassi. Antiaircraft machine guns firing incessantly and the situation in the city of Benghazi is absolute chaos.

There is a huge black smoke into the sky from the target area of \u200b\u200bthe bombing. All the shops are being closed by their owners, according to the correspondent of THE WORLD sent to the area, Javier Espinosa. According to a witness quoted by dpa, in the city of Benghazi, the rebels shot down two fighters of the regime, one of which had bombed the international airport of the city.

The witness said the two pilots of the downed planes were killed in rebel counterattack. The colonel, a member of the defense committee in the capital of the eastern DRC, told Efe that the bombings were carried out at high altitude and there were no human casualties or damage. The same source also said today that the Army would move "soon" to Benghazi, after the military regime last night launched an ultimatum to the inhabitants to abandon the areas close to weapons caches and rebel headquarters.

Saif Islam, one of Gadhafi's sons, said Wednesday that "in 48 hours everything will be over" for the rebels. For his part, his father said today in an interview with French daily Le Figaro that one day would be enough to control the entire country. Misrata, the third largest city in Libya, located in the west, the only, in theory, still under rebel control.

This is the most strategic location in the struggle between the opposition and the forces of Muammar Gaddafi. But for now, no more than conflicting reports about who has the power there. At midmorning on Thursday, state television said that the Libyan regime's forces had controlled the city, about 200 kilometers from Tripoli.

Earlier, Gaddafi had pledged to carry out a "decisive battle" to get it back. "Do not let Misrata fall hostage to a handful of Stooges, sued the Libyan colonel on Wednesday in a televised message, while re-qualifying opponents, who rose against the regime on 15 February from" rats and stray dogs handled by Al Qaeda.

" All reports said on Wednesday the rebels stood firm against attacks by those loyal to Gaddafi, but little is known on Thursday. Sources compiled by Reuters rebels have denied they have lost control of Misrata. A rebel spokesman said Wednesday that the fighting caused 80 deaths among the troops of Muammar al-Gaddafi and 18 in its ranks, according to the television channel Al Jazeera.

Qatari chain, which did not identify the speaker, showed footage of fighting in the streets of the city in which he sees rebel fighters, civil and military uniforms, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and opened fire on the soldiers who seem positions gadafistas.

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