The struggles that have occurred in the Libyan town of Misurata since late February have left over 1,000 dead and 3,000 wounded, according to sources have confirmed the direction of the hospital in this rebel town, besieged by forces loyal to the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. "80% of the dead are civilians," said the journalists responsible for the administration of the hospital, Dr. Khaled Abou Falgha, indicating that 60 hospital beds are occupied by the wounded. At least 17 people were killed and 71 others injured during Sunday's in the large coastal city, located 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, according to the doctor. The physician has stated that it has found, from last week, serious injuries caused by cluster bombs, banned weapons to forces loyal to Gaddafi being used, as has denounced the humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch.
Cluster bombs, which scatter high-explosive munitions over a wide area, can not be fired accurately and when they reach urban areas pose a serious risk to the population and cause a large number of civilian casualties. The destruction of these munitions is added the aim of the snipers who shoot indiscriminately at citizens bet from buildings such as the Tamin, whose figure stands in profile, in the city.
Moreover, the Libyan opposition militias Monday managed to successfully defend the city of Ajdabiya strategically important to attack government troops, said the television station Al Jazeera. Attacks by soldiers loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, to Ajdabiya, in eastern Libya, were repulsed, the station said.
Cluster bombs, which scatter high-explosive munitions over a wide area, can not be fired accurately and when they reach urban areas pose a serious risk to the population and cause a large number of civilian casualties. The destruction of these munitions is added the aim of the snipers who shoot indiscriminately at citizens bet from buildings such as the Tamin, whose figure stands in profile, in the city.
Moreover, the Libyan opposition militias Monday managed to successfully defend the city of Ajdabiya strategically important to attack government troops, said the television station Al Jazeera. Attacks by soldiers loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, to Ajdabiya, in eastern Libya, were repulsed, the station said.
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