2011年4月24日星期日

Libyan army to pull out of Misratah - Xinhua

Libyan rebels are in Misurata, Libya, see 22 April 2011. Misratah is the only major city in western Libya still under control of the opposition forces. (Xinhua/Nasser Nouri)

(TRIPOLI, April 23, Xinhua)-Libya's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim Friday said that the Libyan army draw held city Misratah and the local tribes would let from the rebels with the situation.

Kaim told reporters that the city and the local tribes from the Libyan army and people try to work out a solution to the problems either by force or negotiations.

"The situation in Misratah...""will be treated by the tribes around Misratah, and the Misratah population and not by the Libyan army," he said.

Misurata, Libya's third-largest city witness Fiece Gunfires between rebels and forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was about 210 km east of Tripoli, since early March.

Hours after the announcement of an adapt of strategies in Misratah of Gaddafi's forces, NATO bombs hit a parking lot in Central Tripoli on Saturday, an area close to Gaddafi's connection.

Libyan Government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said on Saturday "very powerful" attack killed three people.

Eyewitnesses reported to fly jets across the city.

The Western coalition have their air strikes sworn, on until Gaddafi. But their military campaign, now in its second month, has so far not the balance tip.

While seems to move the war in Libya in the direction of stalemate, the international community has called for providing more aid to the rebels of the National Transitional Council (NTC) United States Senator John McCain.

McCain made the remarks Friday after his a-day visit in Benghazi, a rebel stronghold in the East since the start of the unrest.

The veteran U.S. politician, the Benghazi hailed as "Sources of hope", told reporters, that it will promote any nation, especially the United States which recognize NTC as the legitimate voice of the Libyan people. He called for more help for the opposition force to "create a condition on the ground" Gaddafi, to leave.

He said "Governments, the assets of the Gaddafi regime froze some of the money, the NTC should solve this can they maintain and improve their chip and capacity of governance".

McCain also NATO urged to adopt emergency steps in its air campaign on the protection of civilians in Misurata. He said, he supported Secretary of Defense Robert Gates decision, predator use armed drones in Misratah that Gaddafi's forces in civilian areas could be identified better hidden.

The rebels are not al Qaeda terrorists from Al-Qadhafi, McCain said, but he was concerned about the standoff which claimed "to infiltrate a door for the radical Islamists in the country can open".

The United States Senate asked NATO "sufficient and appropriate support" the rebels, including command and control, intelligence, training and weapons to help deliver.

International organizations and neighbouring countries thousands of stranded foreigners lead now humanitarian operations to ship and you injured of Misurata.

The rebels have promised to send any ground troops to Libya NATO. However, the NTC said on Wednesday that it would reject not military intervention on the ground in Misratah on humanitarian grounds.

Special report: Foreign military intervention in Libya


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