Thursday, March 3, 2011

Gadhafi began its offensive to retake rebel cities in the east

Algiers .- Muanmar Colonel Qaddafi is unwilling to relinquish power, but quite the opposite: to remain in Libya has always repeated and now has ordered its military forces loyal to start the counterattack of the towns taken by rebels. Thus, at least four people were killed and ten others injured in the bombing of the Libyan city of Brig, over 200 km west of Benghazi, according to the Qatari television network Al Jazeera.

The air strike was launched by forces loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, who since this morning trying to gain control of this strategic city, until now in the hands of opponents of the regime. Early this morning, forces loyal to the dictator have begun to move into cities taken by the militias of the opposition to control the oil and gas production.

There has also been a strong explosion in a fuel tank in Tripoli. In turn, military sources volunteer recruitment center Feb. 17 in Benghazi told EFE that the rebels had succeeded Brig reject the attack by the forces of Gaddafi and kicked out of the town. Interviewed by telephone from the city of Ejdabiya, the journalist quoted by the Qatari channel reported that the attack began at dawn with the support of Air Force planes and heavy fighting RPG rocket launchers were used.

The news of the attack quickly reached the city, located about 160 kilometers west of Brig and people stepped up preparations to contain the spread. The correspondent of the Qatari confirmed the attack from Benghazi and said that Libya's second city in the hands of the rebels against the regime of Gaddafi, accelerates its containment operations at the same time prepare to launch the counteroffensive on Briga.

For its part, the correspondent of Benghazi Al Arabiya said the attackers had reached the airport in the city center and now they control, and oil installations. This offensive by forces loyal to Qadhafi came just 24 hours after the Libyan leader's son Seif El Islam refuses told the British channel Sky News that the regime was intent to mount a counteroffensive to the west.

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