The troops of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, bombed to the ground in the early hours of Friday rebel positions in the roads leading to the city of Misrata from the west and southwest of the city, as reported by the rebel spokesman Misraty Sadun to the Qatari Al-Jazeera network. The spokesman said the bombings "have lasted for hours and thousands of victims", without specifying the exact number.
Al Arabiya collected from medical sources in the area Misrata that four people were killed and 70 others are injured. "There are at least 25 tanks and several armored vehicles and troop carriers Misrata around," said Al Misraty, member of the National Transitional Council information (CNT) as the chain.
It also predicted that Gaddafi's troops try to "invade" Misrata and towns under rebel control "as quickly as possible to settle in the urban centers as human shields and take its inhabitants and prevent aerial bombardment" of foreign troops after approval by the Security Council of UN-fly.
"They bombed all the houses, the city center, told Reuters the insurgent Saadoun, who said that are the most serious since the riots began. Sadoun said Gaddafi's forces tried to make sure a lightning offensive in the city to use the population as "human shields" in case of military intervention by the international community.
On the other hand, the European air traffic organization, Eurocontrol, said that Libya has closed its airspace to all traffic, a measure that can provide for the imposition of a UN no-fly zone. A spokesman said it had received information from Malta that the space was closed and that the country does not accept any aircraft "until further notice." Soon after, confirmed the closure through their website.
Eurocontrol, founded in 1960, is responsible for overseeing air navigation in 39 European countries. Misrata is the third largest city in Libya and the only one remaining still under rebel control in the West. For days, intense fighting in the city and the spokespersons and the regime's media said on several occasions that they had recovered.
The rebels denied those reports and said that while some troops Gaddafi had made it into the city and took up positions as snipers in certain areas, the city remained in their possession. The rebel spokesman Tarek Ali Ejhaui said Thursday that the regime's forces had cut off power and water to the city and the snipers shot indiscriminately from some buildings. 
Al Arabiya collected from medical sources in the area Misrata that four people were killed and 70 others are injured. "There are at least 25 tanks and several armored vehicles and troop carriers Misrata around," said Al Misraty, member of the National Transitional Council information (CNT) as the chain.
It also predicted that Gaddafi's troops try to "invade" Misrata and towns under rebel control "as quickly as possible to settle in the urban centers as human shields and take its inhabitants and prevent aerial bombardment" of foreign troops after approval by the Security Council of UN-fly.
"They bombed all the houses, the city center, told Reuters the insurgent Saadoun, who said that are the most serious since the riots began. Sadoun said Gaddafi's forces tried to make sure a lightning offensive in the city to use the population as "human shields" in case of military intervention by the international community.
On the other hand, the European air traffic organization, Eurocontrol, said that Libya has closed its airspace to all traffic, a measure that can provide for the imposition of a UN no-fly zone. A spokesman said it had received information from Malta that the space was closed and that the country does not accept any aircraft "until further notice." Soon after, confirmed the closure through their website.
Eurocontrol, founded in 1960, is responsible for overseeing air navigation in 39 European countries. Misrata is the third largest city in Libya and the only one remaining still under rebel control in the West. For days, intense fighting in the city and the spokespersons and the regime's media said on several occasions that they had recovered.
The rebels denied those reports and said that while some troops Gaddafi had made it into the city and took up positions as snipers in certain areas, the city remained in their possession. The rebel spokesman Tarek Ali Ejhaui said Thursday that the regime's forces had cut off power and water to the city and the snipers shot indiscriminately from some buildings.
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