Ajdabiya, 160 kilometers south of Benghazi, is the scene of fierce clashes between troops of Muammar al-Gaddafi and the rebels, according to the network Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, in western Libya, Zinta, at least 10 people killed in a bombing Gaddafi's forces. According to the rebel spokesman Adel al Zintani, Gaddafi's forces used heavy artillery to try to penetrate to the center Zinta, a town some 160 kilometers east of Tripoli.
"We will not have mercy on anyone who cooperate with the regime. We have a strong will and we will not retreat," he said. For its part, the Qatari television has shown images of black columns of smoke rising in the east of the city of Ajdabiya, where there are clashes right now, as your correspondent reported from the vicinity of the city.
The journalist said that there are several deaths, but said knowing their number as the fighting continues. It also said that Gaddafi's troops were used missile launchers and tanks to shell the city and some snipers shoot at any vehicle that tries to approach it. Ajdabiya is a strategic position to control the east of the country and connecting with other Benghazi and Tobruk road, near the border with Egypt.
The fighting also continued in Misrata, the third largest city, 210 km from Tripoli, which is the subject of intense shelling by tanks and heavy artillery Gaddafi said the Mehmeraty Sadono, a spokesman for rebels in the city Al Jazeera. The spokesman said that the attack by regime forces with tanks and howitzers firing is continued for hours and said the victims included four children.
The rebels had said that in Misrata the situation was "critical" and that the city was without electricity, running water or gasoline. Insurgent sources said, troops of the regime managed to enter some areas of the city, thus insuring also a possible attack by the allied forces. In Monday's bombing on Misrata killed at least 40 people, witnesses said the city cited by Al Jazeera. 
"We will not have mercy on anyone who cooperate with the regime. We have a strong will and we will not retreat," he said. For its part, the Qatari television has shown images of black columns of smoke rising in the east of the city of Ajdabiya, where there are clashes right now, as your correspondent reported from the vicinity of the city.
The journalist said that there are several deaths, but said knowing their number as the fighting continues. It also said that Gaddafi's troops were used missile launchers and tanks to shell the city and some snipers shoot at any vehicle that tries to approach it. Ajdabiya is a strategic position to control the east of the country and connecting with other Benghazi and Tobruk road, near the border with Egypt.
The fighting also continued in Misrata, the third largest city, 210 km from Tripoli, which is the subject of intense shelling by tanks and heavy artillery Gaddafi said the Mehmeraty Sadono, a spokesman for rebels in the city Al Jazeera. The spokesman said that the attack by regime forces with tanks and howitzers firing is continued for hours and said the victims included four children.
The rebels had said that in Misrata the situation was "critical" and that the city was without electricity, running water or gasoline. Insurgent sources said, troops of the regime managed to enter some areas of the city, thus insuring also a possible attack by the allied forces. In Monday's bombing on Misrata killed at least 40 people, witnesses said the city cited by Al Jazeera.
- Libya: Stalemate in Ajdabiya as Gaddafi's forces hold rebels at bay (22/03/2011)
- Libya: Stalemate in Ajdabiya as Gaddafi's forces hold rebels at bay - The Guardian (22/03/2011)
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- Libya: rebels push on to the disputed town of Ajdabiya (21/03/2011)
- No word from Gaddafi after two days of strikes - ABC Online (22/03/2011)
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