Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has threatened in an audio speech broadcast on state television with "great bombardment" in Benghazi if the rebels do not surrender before this morning. "You are the last hours of this tragedy, will arrive tonight and will have no compassion," he warned. He has also compared the entry of Franco in Madrid during the Spanish civil war with which he intends to perform tonight in Benghazi.
"You are the fifth column in the city," he said, addressing the people of Benghazi, which it considers its hypothetical supporters, and noted that support them in this day "in which the city released." This message arrived a few hours after the Army of Libya announced it would suspend military operations against the insurgents, beginning Sunday, to give an opportunity to "terrorists" to abandon their weapons and take advantage of a pardon, according to U.S.
Libyan Jana news. "The provisional general committee of Defence has decided to stop military operations against armed gangs terrorists from 0.00 am on Sunday (22.00 GMT) to give an opportunity to surrender their weapons and benefit from a general amnesty," the agency said . The Defense Ministry has not specified how long will this cease-fire.
The announcement came hours before the scheduled vote in the Security Council on a draft UN resolution that would impose an air exclusion zone over the country. However, throughout the morning, the messages you have sent the Libyan government in the population were quite different. The siege of the second rebel stronghold Gaddafi, the Benghazi, the second largest city, continued and warplanes have bombed and to the airport in Benin, about 10 miles west of Benghazi, according to rebel Colonel Adel said Borassi Al Jazeera.
In fact, several reports indicate that Libyan troops are now 160 km from Benghazi. Antiaircraft machine guns firing incessantly and the situation in the city of Benghazi was absolute chaos. Black smoke were seen coming from the target area of \u200b\u200bthe bombing. All the shops are being closed by their owners, according to the correspondent of THE WORLD sent to the area, Javier Espinosa.
According to a witness quoted by DPA, in the city of Benghazi, the rebels shot down two fighters of the regime, one of which had bombed the international airport of the city. The witness said the two pilots of the downed planes were killed in rebel counterattack. The same source also said that the army would move "soon" to Benghazi, after the military regime last night launched an ultimatum to the inhabitants to abandon the areas close to weapons caches and rebel headquarters.
Saif Islam, one of Gadhafi's sons, warned on Wednesday that "in 48 hours everything will be over" for the rebels. For his part, his father said today in an interview with French daily Le Figaro that one day would be enough to control the entire country. 
"You are the fifth column in the city," he said, addressing the people of Benghazi, which it considers its hypothetical supporters, and noted that support them in this day "in which the city released." This message arrived a few hours after the Army of Libya announced it would suspend military operations against the insurgents, beginning Sunday, to give an opportunity to "terrorists" to abandon their weapons and take advantage of a pardon, according to U.S.
Libyan Jana news. "The provisional general committee of Defence has decided to stop military operations against armed gangs terrorists from 0.00 am on Sunday (22.00 GMT) to give an opportunity to surrender their weapons and benefit from a general amnesty," the agency said . The Defense Ministry has not specified how long will this cease-fire.
The announcement came hours before the scheduled vote in the Security Council on a draft UN resolution that would impose an air exclusion zone over the country. However, throughout the morning, the messages you have sent the Libyan government in the population were quite different. The siege of the second rebel stronghold Gaddafi, the Benghazi, the second largest city, continued and warplanes have bombed and to the airport in Benin, about 10 miles west of Benghazi, according to rebel Colonel Adel said Borassi Al Jazeera.
In fact, several reports indicate that Libyan troops are now 160 km from Benghazi. Antiaircraft machine guns firing incessantly and the situation in the city of Benghazi was absolute chaos. Black smoke were seen coming from the target area of \u200b\u200bthe bombing. All the shops are being closed by their owners, according to the correspondent of THE WORLD sent to the area, Javier Espinosa.
According to a witness quoted by DPA, in the city of Benghazi, the rebels shot down two fighters of the regime, one of which had bombed the international airport of the city. The witness said the two pilots of the downed planes were killed in rebel counterattack. The same source also said that the army would move "soon" to Benghazi, after the military regime last night launched an ultimatum to the inhabitants to abandon the areas close to weapons caches and rebel headquarters.
Saif Islam, one of Gadhafi's sons, warned on Wednesday that "in 48 hours everything will be over" for the rebels. For his part, his father said today in an interview with French daily Le Figaro that one day would be enough to control the entire country.
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