The rebels managed to shoot down two Libyan planes air force Moammar Gadhafi after two attacks on the airport and military installations on the outskirts of Benghazi, announced the interim National Council. Vanguard was able to verify the existence of at least one downed aircraft in Sidi Mansour, aparententemente a Mirage F-1.
The other bomber might have fallen to about five miles south of that point in Buatni. Benina airport, about 20 miles from Benghazi, was attacked twice in the morning and two in the afternoon, suffering damage to the runway and the destruction of a commercial airliner of Air Libya. The airport remains closed since the start of the revolt against Gaddafi last month.
The rebel National Council authority transitional states that has a small air force, three fighters and some helicopters, which have attacked armored columns yesterday Gaddafi in Ajdabiya, about 150 miles from Benghazi. This has not been confirmed, but La Vanguardia it was able to note yesterday that the rebels now have portable surface-to-air missiles which are run Stinger from the roofs of their barracks, on the waterfront and near the airport.
National Council spokesmen said their fighters were the authors of the demolition of yesterday, but according to witnesses quoted by the Associated Press it was actually anti-aircraft defenses. Gaddafi's air strikes appear to have had as a resounding success. The city of Benghazi not seem to live in a state of war, but rather remains between relative calm and a state of excitement at the prospect of being able to defend themselves.
In the field of Ajdabiya, the situation was not defined yet yesterday to either side in a clear, while the besieged hare been carefully Misrata, 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, fighting continued yesterday. Misrata takes three weeks resisting the attacks gadafistas. Birthday Today is a month of official start of the revolt against the dictator. 
The other bomber might have fallen to about five miles south of that point in Buatni. Benina airport, about 20 miles from Benghazi, was attacked twice in the morning and two in the afternoon, suffering damage to the runway and the destruction of a commercial airliner of Air Libya. The airport remains closed since the start of the revolt against Gaddafi last month.
The rebel National Council authority transitional states that has a small air force, three fighters and some helicopters, which have attacked armored columns yesterday Gaddafi in Ajdabiya, about 150 miles from Benghazi. This has not been confirmed, but La Vanguardia it was able to note yesterday that the rebels now have portable surface-to-air missiles which are run Stinger from the roofs of their barracks, on the waterfront and near the airport.
National Council spokesmen said their fighters were the authors of the demolition of yesterday, but according to witnesses quoted by the Associated Press it was actually anti-aircraft defenses. Gaddafi's air strikes appear to have had as a resounding success. The city of Benghazi not seem to live in a state of war, but rather remains between relative calm and a state of excitement at the prospect of being able to defend themselves.
In the field of Ajdabiya, the situation was not defined yet yesterday to either side in a clear, while the besieged hare been carefully Misrata, 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, fighting continued yesterday. Misrata takes three weeks resisting the attacks gadafistas. Birthday Today is a month of official start of the revolt against the dictator.
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