Sunday, March 6, 2011

We know that there will be many martyrs, but we do not care

The fate, sometimes whimsical, you can have Sirte, the birthplace of Muammar Gaddafi, will become the final blow to an authoritarian regime that lasted for 42 years. Militants targeted opponents of the dictator firm to assault the enclave, where people are afraid to take place a bloody episode in the riots that for 20 days in the country, due to the large number of adherents to Gaddafi that focus on the city.

"We know there will be many martyrs, but we are concerned, it is normal," he says without any alteration to Feituni Abdelsalam, a national champion in weight lifting for 14 days in charge of distributing financial aid, medical and food among poorest and Ajdabiya hospitals. Feituni recounts that took his brother Ashraf, 48 and two nephews, Ahmad, Salah 19 and 25, with rebel militias in Ajdabiya, where they received military training for two days.

Ensures that his brother and nephews are now in Jawad Bin and is convinced that will soon come to Sirte, where he awaits the 'Brigade Al Khamis' created by the son of Gadhafi, Moammar Jamis. The prospect does not scare black rebels who in the past three days have made progress 180 kilometers along the Mediterranean coast.

Part of this progress took place the day Saturday, when the insurrection against Gaddafi managed to retake the village of Bin Jawad, the port of Ras Sedra and Lanuf. These last two places are one of the cornerstones of the oil and gas exports of the country. The recovery of these territories has had a high human cost.

According to 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 its ranks since Wednesday. Also, Salem Musa said that 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 deal with the revolutionary forces," said Musa. The rebel advance in eastern offensive contrast to the forces loyal to Qadhafi on Al Zawiya, which has an oil export platform in which before the revolt was producing 120,000 barrels of oil per day. Libyan leader tanks have encircled the city for the four access points, preventing any move in or out.

This isolation causes the inhabitants have no electricity and a shortage of food and medicine. As many as 25 tanks have conducted an offensive against several buildings which have killed over 200 people, hospital officials said the Qatari al Jazeera television. An officer of forces loyal to Gaddafi told the channel that the besieged "no exit", raising fears for the fate of the militants trapped inside the Martyrs' Square.

While the fighting is taking place in the east, was established in Benghazi yesterday 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. 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 held its first meeting yesterday to try to advance the political level towards forming an alternative government to Gaddafi and is recognized internationally.

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