Monday, March 7, 2011

Rebels advance to doubles Gaddafi Sirte and the siege on Al Zauiya

Benghazi. .- The Libyan rebel militiamen moved today to Sirte, Gaddafi while forces stepped up their harassment of the rebel town of Al Zauiya, 92 kilometers southwest of the capital, where more than two hundred people have died, hospital officials said. The Agila, Ras Lanuf and Ben Jawad, the latter at 160 kilometers east of Sirte, have fallen under rebel control in recent days, after forces loyal to Gaddafi on Wednesday launched an unsuccessful offensive against the enclave Briga oil in the hands of the opposition.

Gadafista after repelling the attack, in just three days, the rebels have managed to advance about 180 km along the Mediterranean coast. Since then and as the information center director of the rebel opposition in Benghazi, Salem Mohamed Musa, the unorganized militia advance, but with great determination, have been at least 24 casualties among their ranks.

Also, the director of the Center, said at the headquarters of forces loyal to Ras Lanuf Gaddafi were found late on the bodies of 50 soldiers handcuffed and with gunshot wounds. "They were killed for refusing to face the revolutionary forces, "said Musa. Abdelsalam to Feituni, fitness trainer, says that his brother Ashraf, 48, and two nephews, Ahmad, 19, Salah 25, joined four days ago to rebel militias in Ajdabiya, where they received military training for two days.

"I myself took up Ajdabiya where they joined the revolutionaries," says Al Feituni national champion weightlifting and for 14 days in charge of distributing financial aid, medical and food to the poorest and hospitals city. Ensures that his brother and nephews are now in Ben Jawad and stresses that will soon come to Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown, where stresses were expected to "Brigadier Al Khamis" created by Jamis Moammar Gadhafi's son.

"We know there will be many martyrs, but we are concerned, it is normal," he says without any alteration. The rebel advance on the east, in contrast to the offensive by forces loyal to Zauiya Gadhafi. The tanks have fired on several buildings, according to the Qatari al Jazeera television.

According to the channel on the offensive in which 25 cars were involved in fighting has killed more than 200 people, medical sources said that string and many more have been injured in clashes over the past two days. An officer of forces loyal to Gaddafi told the television station that the besieged "no exit", raising fears for the fate of the militants trapped inside the Martyrs' Square.

As fighting continues in Benghazi was formed and the interim National Transitional Council, announced last February 27 and is composed mostly of representatives of cities west of the country, largely controlled by Gaddafi. Confirmed to Efe member of the Coalition of the Revolution of February 17, Mohamed al Mogerbi, Abdelrahman Salqan will be responsible for Foreign Affairs Council and Omar Hariri direct the military council formed last February 28.

For its part, the member of the Coalition of the Revolution of February 17, Isam Geriani, said only eight of the names of the members of the National Council shall be public. Geriani said the rest will be hidden for security reasons, as explained in recent days, a thousand opponents of the Libyan regime have been arrested in Tripoli, the main stronghold of the Libyan leader.

The National Council is headed by former Justice Minister and spokesman Mustafa Abdulyalil and vice president is Abdelhafiz Ghoga, who also has served as spokesman for the coalition of the revolution, responsible for coordinating the local councils of the towns controlled by rebels . This body, which has already announced that it would seek outside help for specific air strikes against the forces of Qaddafi, today held its first meeting to try to advance the political level towards the formation of a government alternative to Gadhafi and achieve international recognition.

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