When is the sixth day of the international operation on Libya, the allies are preparing for a long intervention. The air strikes have not slowed the forces of Gaddafi, who continue to fight the rebels in several key cities. The bloodiest fighting was concentrated in Misrata and Ajdabiya, where tanks are added snipers dictator loyal to the regime.
"They are stationed on rooftops and shoot everything that moves," said one woman fleeing with their children Ajdabiya. They take seven days of fighting, without water or electricity. According to this woman (nursing assistant), since last Tuesday has seen 170 dead in hospital in the city.
Like her, many families who had not fled so far, escaped on Thursday from Ajdabiya, 160 km south of Benghazi. Most take refuge in Benghazi (second largest city and a stronghold of the rebels in the east) and other neighboring cities and safe, as Suluntah. "The attacks are random. Everyone has gone," he explained to Reuters Abu Musab, who left the city by car with his large family.
"There are revolutionaries in the city and clashes are taking place now." Fighting between the rebels and the forces of Gaddafi continue on the streets of Ajdabiya. The rebels seek to regain control of the city, now in the hands of pro-Gaddafi, blocking exits Ajdabiya to Brega and Tripoli, and the road to Benghazi.
A large number of insurgents on the outskirts moved quickly to regain control of this key city, according to an AFP journalist. A spokesman for the insurgents in Benghazi Bani Omar Ahmed, said that some pro fighters Ajdabiya Gaddafi is "ready to surrender." Also in Misrata Gaddafi forces and opponents of the regime are fighting for control of the city, the third of the country and apparently in the hands of the rebels.
Although the planes of the Western allies have continued to attack military targets in the city during the day, the attacks did not prevent the tanks Gaddafi Misrata enter back into the shelter of the night and surrounded the main hospital, also attacked by snipers. According to the Libyan rebels in a week 109 people were killed and 1,300 injured in the city, the third of the country.
The air strikes destroyed the government tanks outside the rebel city (200 km east of Tripoli), but other tanks within the city have not been affected, according to a neighbor, quoted by Reuters, which makes clear the difficulties of the international mission to protect the Libyan dictator's forces.
In fact, the strength of Gaddafi made this morning to control the port of Misrata. According to a neighbor named Abdelbasset, some 6,000 workers and their families from Egypt and other African countries are trapped in the port, under the 'look' of two Libyan warships, who traveled to the port on Wednesday.
"They have not attacked yet, but if they do the thousands of workers will be his first victims," he said. The international coalition is preparing for a long speech, in the absence of quick solutions to end the regime of Gaddafi. France has declared that the coalition will "continue the air attacks" on military targets.
"It will continue as long as is necessary," said the chief diplomat gala, Alain Juppe. Of course, said "the destruction of Qaddafi's military capability is a matter of days or weeks, not months." If on Wednesday a senior RAF announced that they had killed the Libyan aircraft, on Thursday the French fighters destroyed a Libyan plane had just raped the no-fly zone.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that troops loyal to Gaddafi have receded but believes that they are still a threat to the Libyan population. During its bombing on Thursday, the coalition has attacked Tajoura region, about thirty miles east of Tripoli, according to residents.
Libyan state television said that "military and civilian sites in the region of Tajoura" have been under attack. The regime has claimed that hundreds of civilians have been killed in attacks by the Allies. Since Wednesday evening the allies attacked a military base in the region. In Tripoli, shots were fired anti-aircraft defense and several loud explosions throughout the morning, according to an AFP journalist.
The coalition also made overnight intensive air strikes on the city of Sebha (750 km south of Tripoli), according to several neighbors. The city hosts several military sites and is the stronghold of the tribe to which pertenede Qaddafi the Libyan leader. According to Al Arabiya, the coalition aircraft continued their attacks on Sebha Thursday.
The deputy coalition commander, U.S. Admiral Gerard Hueber, said that the planes of the coalition ground forces push Gaddafi that "threaten the cities." 
"They are stationed on rooftops and shoot everything that moves," said one woman fleeing with their children Ajdabiya. They take seven days of fighting, without water or electricity. According to this woman (nursing assistant), since last Tuesday has seen 170 dead in hospital in the city.
Like her, many families who had not fled so far, escaped on Thursday from Ajdabiya, 160 km south of Benghazi. Most take refuge in Benghazi (second largest city and a stronghold of the rebels in the east) and other neighboring cities and safe, as Suluntah. "The attacks are random. Everyone has gone," he explained to Reuters Abu Musab, who left the city by car with his large family.
"There are revolutionaries in the city and clashes are taking place now." Fighting between the rebels and the forces of Gaddafi continue on the streets of Ajdabiya. The rebels seek to regain control of the city, now in the hands of pro-Gaddafi, blocking exits Ajdabiya to Brega and Tripoli, and the road to Benghazi.
A large number of insurgents on the outskirts moved quickly to regain control of this key city, according to an AFP journalist. A spokesman for the insurgents in Benghazi Bani Omar Ahmed, said that some pro fighters Ajdabiya Gaddafi is "ready to surrender." Also in Misrata Gaddafi forces and opponents of the regime are fighting for control of the city, the third of the country and apparently in the hands of the rebels.
Although the planes of the Western allies have continued to attack military targets in the city during the day, the attacks did not prevent the tanks Gaddafi Misrata enter back into the shelter of the night and surrounded the main hospital, also attacked by snipers. According to the Libyan rebels in a week 109 people were killed and 1,300 injured in the city, the third of the country.
The air strikes destroyed the government tanks outside the rebel city (200 km east of Tripoli), but other tanks within the city have not been affected, according to a neighbor, quoted by Reuters, which makes clear the difficulties of the international mission to protect the Libyan dictator's forces.
In fact, the strength of Gaddafi made this morning to control the port of Misrata. According to a neighbor named Abdelbasset, some 6,000 workers and their families from Egypt and other African countries are trapped in the port, under the 'look' of two Libyan warships, who traveled to the port on Wednesday.
"They have not attacked yet, but if they do the thousands of workers will be his first victims," he said. The international coalition is preparing for a long speech, in the absence of quick solutions to end the regime of Gaddafi. France has declared that the coalition will "continue the air attacks" on military targets.
"It will continue as long as is necessary," said the chief diplomat gala, Alain Juppe. Of course, said "the destruction of Qaddafi's military capability is a matter of days or weeks, not months." If on Wednesday a senior RAF announced that they had killed the Libyan aircraft, on Thursday the French fighters destroyed a Libyan plane had just raped the no-fly zone.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that troops loyal to Gaddafi have receded but believes that they are still a threat to the Libyan population. During its bombing on Thursday, the coalition has attacked Tajoura region, about thirty miles east of Tripoli, according to residents.
Libyan state television said that "military and civilian sites in the region of Tajoura" have been under attack. The regime has claimed that hundreds of civilians have been killed in attacks by the Allies. Since Wednesday evening the allies attacked a military base in the region. In Tripoli, shots were fired anti-aircraft defense and several loud explosions throughout the morning, according to an AFP journalist.
The coalition also made overnight intensive air strikes on the city of Sebha (750 km south of Tripoli), according to several neighbors. The city hosts several military sites and is the stronghold of the tribe to which pertenede Qaddafi the Libyan leader. According to Al Arabiya, the coalition aircraft continued their attacks on Sebha Thursday.
The deputy coalition commander, U.S. Admiral Gerard Hueber, said that the planes of the coalition ground forces push Gaddafi that "threaten the cities."
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