2011年4月9日星期六

Battered rebels keep Libyan city

NEW: two opposition helicopters attack in AjdabiyaThe rebels seem turned away have a major setback ausgestatteteten African Union Committee plans meet opposition leader in Benghazi of this weekend former U.S. legislators Weldon Libya with a letter, but no meeting with nepotism leaves

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) - a battle wГ?teten in a strategically Libyan city Saturday as State television showed a fist pumps Moammar nepotism go to school, his first public appearance in days.

Rebels fought Ajdabiya hard in a war back and forth, the last stop before their stronghold, Benghazi, further to the East. Witnesses reported three hours to fight that she involved explosions by NATO planes caused languages.

As the Sun obscured the rebels a-Dur have averted setback appeared through the control on which it was hard-won city-but at best is thin. Outgunned, conceded they that they saw a huge enemy faced.

In a hospital, witnesses CNN said that three were identification cards from Syria, Algeria and Chad the nepotism of the fighters who were killed.

NATO said in the last 24 hours its aircraft destroyed loyalist ammunition stocks East of Tripoli, the troops attack Misratah and other cities were supply. It was called attacks for armored vehicles in the vicinity conducted by Misratah and Ajdabiya.

Spokesman of the opposition Shamsiddin Abdulmolah told CNN, that two attack helicopters from Tobruk to join rebels fighting in the Ajdabiya flew.

"There were some 50 regime pickup trucks with machine guns and rocket launchers, the Ajdabiya be tempted,", Abdulmolah said. "Several of the vehicles destroyed the helicopter and the rest moved."

Abdulmolah did not know what kind of helicopters of the rebel in Saturday's attack use forces and could not confirm whether rebels coordinated the operation with NATO.

African leaders were far from the battlefield in Mauritania Saturday in an attempt a mediating role in Libya's dead end to meet.

The African Union Special Committee on the Libyen--by Mauritania, Republic of the Congo, Mali, Uganda, and South-is then the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi after meeting with the opposition leaders Sunday and Monday, according to the South African Government travel.

The South African Government also said that the NATO Committee meeting with nepotism in the Libyan capital Tripoli permission to the has.

Nepotism was a big supporter of the African Union, and has channeled large sums of money his way. Libya has also a seat for the 15-Member peace and security. Optimism about the success of the mediation is not express as such opposition leader in Benghazi.

Said the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Cairo Thursday head encounter Libya headquarters of the Arab League will travel. Catherine Ashton, the representative for Foreign Affairs and security for the European Union are among the participants.

In the meantime, the reopening of the key ports in the eastern cities of Tobruk and Benghazi, he said, the rebels can resume an oil trade condemns Libyan Foreign Minister Khaled Gaim on State television. He accused NATO of violations of the resolution of the Security Council of the United Nations, the protection of civilians mandate.

State television broadcast images of nepotism visit on Saturday, which is apparently to a primary school in Tripoli. The anchor said the school was a target of international air campaign and wanted to be attacked.

Former US legislator Curt Weldon visited Libya in this week the hope of talk links without a meeting directly with nepotism but. He had managed to secure a letter of the strongman US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"I'm disappointed that I do not get to face to face with Colonel cold set, as promised, but I can get something still bedeutsamere-- were a path to a solution to this conflict," Weldon said in a statement on his departure.

Weldon visited Libya in 2004, he was a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania and said that this time he was invited by nepotism.

Peace efforts seemed far away Saturday in the Ajdabiya, where nepotism of forces with a flood of artillery fire at the Western Gates attacked. Street fighting broke out as the loyalist, supported by sympathizers who entered the city. At one point, opposition fighters appeared all but to have lost territory, which was hard-fought.

Rebels within 40 km (25 miles) in the Gulf of Syrte-came at the height of their March towards Tripoli-nepotism's hometown in western Libya. But the rebels have pushed steadily back and are now ready, lead capital the opposition on the motorway to Benghazi, loyalist troops.

Burnt bodies of Libyan army tanks taken out by Coalition aircraft before three weeks litter the street. But it is increasingly difficult to distinguish Pro nepotism troops. You have tactics have changed and made to move in civilian vehicles.

"The troops of nepotism have good weapons and training and leadership and experience," said a rebel fighter.CNN's NIC Robertson on this report, Ben Wedeman and Reza Sayah contributed

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