That point might well encourage rebels unable, weeks have shown the progress and retreats along Highway leading coast to keep conquered land to the West of the insurgent entrenchments in East Libya by loyalist troops.
William Hague's remarks, the British Foreign Secretary, and Alain Juppe, the French Foreign Minister, seemed a break within the NATO States for the air operations of Libya signal just eight days after command from the United adopted.
NATO rejected, the French and British criticism.
"NATO is their military operations in Libya with force carry out within the current mandate." The pace of operations by the need for determined to protect of the population, "said on Tuesday, according to Reuters."
While the pace of NATO air strikes appeared to pick up Monday in the battlefield between Ajdabiya and the city of Brega oil in East Libya, rebel leader have complained bitterly about a slump, which appeared simultaneously with the hand-over by the Allied Coalition to NATO. Pilots were also two friendly fire incidents, which involved fighters killed more than rebel a dozen NATO.
NATO criticized held Western City for a go-slow approach in the rebels of Misurata, which has been in desperate straits, how a four-week siege by Pro-Qaddafi their stocks of food, water and medicines needs thin has stretched forces. Port of the city, a vital lifeline, which opened the first Western air strikes, was choked, of Colonel Qadhafi forces in the days after NATO took over.
The port has since reopened, but the city remains under fire from tanks, artillery and snipers and rebel leaders complain that NATO in its central objective civilians to protect.
The French and British comments coincided with a swirl of diplomatic activities on Tuesday the battlefield situation neither the rebels nor their opponents offered immediate prospect of a final result.
A spokesman for Libyan rebels rejected all proposals for talks with Moussa Koussa, Qadhafi's former Chief, intelligence, that übergelaufen but left there on Tuesday for Qatar to the United Kingdom.
Qatar is hosting Tuesday announced a meeting of countries that have expressed support for the Libyan rebels, and British officials, that Mr Koussa was there probably was a role in the attempt to mediate Government between the rebels and the Qadhafi.
"We will only meet with the contact group send a delegation to Doha, but it is not part of the agenda of meeting with Mr Koussa," said Abdul Hafeed Ghoga, the speaker of the Transitional National Council, at a press conference here. "It is not something rejected or accepted." The Council is that rebel representative body.
Mr Ghoga, finding the rebels rejected an African Union delegation request to negotiate of a cease-fire during a visit to Benghazi on Monday, said that the Qadhafi loyalists Misurata in the entire visit, had shot at prove their lack of good faith. The rebels have steadfastly claimed they will not be negotiations to Colonel Qadhafi and his sons give up power.
Mustafa Ghereini, an other speakers who refused to say whether the Libyan rebels had received no offers of military assistance from West transitional Council. Asked whether he was encouraged by their response to such requests, he said: "this is a question of national security." "But the fact that Qadhafi with all his could take not Misurata is encouraging to us," he said.
At the same press conference, there were Suleiman ForTIA, the representatives of the Council of Misurata, a detailed description of despair. Mr ForTIA, the Misurata come into the sea two days ago here leave rebel capital, said that 1000 people in attacks by loyalist troops, had been killed that surround the city and parts of it, with thousands more wounded occupied. He offered no check for these figures.
In addition, he said electricity, fuel and water had been interrupted.
Human rights watch doctors in the hospital in Misurata as follows quoted, that they had seen at least 250 dead but that the actual number was much higher.
Alan Cowell reported from Paris and Rod Nordland of Benghazi, Libya. Steven Lee Myers contributed reporting from Washington, Kareem Fahim of Benghazi and Bryan Denton from Ajdabiya, Libya.
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