Forces loyal to the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday launched an offensive in the east of the North African country, controlled by rebels since the start of the revolt against the regime, two weeks ago. The military and mercenaries under the command of Colonel have started this morning a strong attack on Marsa el Brega, a major oil enclave 800 kilometers east of Tripoli, using aircraft, infantry and heavy artillery.
However, the rebels are managing to keep control of the city. The BBC journalist John Simpson, who is on the ground, says the city is free of ground troops Qaddafi, which does not prevent Brega is safe from attacks, because a plane this afternoon launched two missiles at about two kilometers from the oil of the place.
According to Al Arabiya, the fighting has stopped, for now, 14 dead. In Ajdabiyah, 80 miles Brega, the situation is extremely tense. The population fears that Gaddafi set as the next target of their offensive. Ajadabiyah houses an important arms depot where it is presumed that the dictator stored chemical weapons material, so that its conquest would be a major psychological blow against the rebels.
In any case, there have been no attacks on this city yet. Ajdabiyah Many rebels are joining in the last hours to the defense of Brega. Several trucks are carrying volunteers, armed with rifles and pistols, and transfer to the besieged city. On the other hand, the defections are weighing on the regime.
An Air Force Colonel who defected a few days ago this newspaper has said that at least one of the pilots who are bombing from the air Brega has also joined the rebellion and was parachuted before having to punish the population. The rebels call for international aid rebel movement, which established the National Council Benghazi has asked to be recognized as the sole legitimate representative of Libya, begins to show signs of impatience with a situation that threatens to become entrenched.
The dictator remains entrenched with their people in Tripoli and the insurgents, but maintain control of this country and are increasingly close to doing in the West, considered a feat almost impossible to storm the Libyan capital without the assistance of the international community . The leadership of the opposition has called on the Security Council of the UN to launch an air strike "against mercenaries" of the Gaddafi regime, something they can do "for his defensive role." Although they have qualified to continue without support foreign intervention.
Objective: To stop the air punishment Misrata, 200 kilometers east of Tripoli and suffers continuous harassment of Colonel Libyan troops, a spokesman for the newly formed People's Committee ensures that the population also wants assistance from Western powers to crush the regime. "An air exclusion zone would limit their movements and their ability to move from south to north mercenaries and recruiting sub-Saharan countries," said a board member of Misrata, who preferred to be identified by his nom de guerre, Saadoun.
Secretary of U.S. Defense, Robert Gates, has already said, however, that taking this measure would attack to destroy Libya's Gaddafi defenses. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who has acknowledged that one of his greatest concerns is that Libya degenerate into "a giant Somalia, has warned that the decision to create a no-fly zone in the North African country will not be adopted in a short term but there is still "a long distance." The third intervention And while Gaddafi, Gaddafi, in his third televised address since the riots erupted, has returned to accuse Al Qaeda and international terrorism as being behind the rebels, and has defied the UN and NATO to ask to initiate investigations and provide evidence of alleged war crimes against him.
The Libyan leader has ensured that the casualty figures are exaggerated and suggested that only 150 people have died. Independent sources of NGOs and international agencies estimate that 2,000 people have been killed in two weeks of conflict. The Libyan League for Human Rights, an organization based in Paris, number about 6,000 deaths.
The ICC has decided to open an investigation into the alleged crimes (war or against humanity) committed in Libya since 15 February. 
However, the rebels are managing to keep control of the city. The BBC journalist John Simpson, who is on the ground, says the city is free of ground troops Qaddafi, which does not prevent Brega is safe from attacks, because a plane this afternoon launched two missiles at about two kilometers from the oil of the place.
According to Al Arabiya, the fighting has stopped, for now, 14 dead. In Ajdabiyah, 80 miles Brega, the situation is extremely tense. The population fears that Gaddafi set as the next target of their offensive. Ajadabiyah houses an important arms depot where it is presumed that the dictator stored chemical weapons material, so that its conquest would be a major psychological blow against the rebels.
In any case, there have been no attacks on this city yet. Ajdabiyah Many rebels are joining in the last hours to the defense of Brega. Several trucks are carrying volunteers, armed with rifles and pistols, and transfer to the besieged city. On the other hand, the defections are weighing on the regime.
An Air Force Colonel who defected a few days ago this newspaper has said that at least one of the pilots who are bombing from the air Brega has also joined the rebellion and was parachuted before having to punish the population. The rebels call for international aid rebel movement, which established the National Council Benghazi has asked to be recognized as the sole legitimate representative of Libya, begins to show signs of impatience with a situation that threatens to become entrenched.
The dictator remains entrenched with their people in Tripoli and the insurgents, but maintain control of this country and are increasingly close to doing in the West, considered a feat almost impossible to storm the Libyan capital without the assistance of the international community . The leadership of the opposition has called on the Security Council of the UN to launch an air strike "against mercenaries" of the Gaddafi regime, something they can do "for his defensive role." Although they have qualified to continue without support foreign intervention.
Objective: To stop the air punishment Misrata, 200 kilometers east of Tripoli and suffers continuous harassment of Colonel Libyan troops, a spokesman for the newly formed People's Committee ensures that the population also wants assistance from Western powers to crush the regime. "An air exclusion zone would limit their movements and their ability to move from south to north mercenaries and recruiting sub-Saharan countries," said a board member of Misrata, who preferred to be identified by his nom de guerre, Saadoun.
Secretary of U.S. Defense, Robert Gates, has already said, however, that taking this measure would attack to destroy Libya's Gaddafi defenses. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who has acknowledged that one of his greatest concerns is that Libya degenerate into "a giant Somalia, has warned that the decision to create a no-fly zone in the North African country will not be adopted in a short term but there is still "a long distance." The third intervention And while Gaddafi, Gaddafi, in his third televised address since the riots erupted, has returned to accuse Al Qaeda and international terrorism as being behind the rebels, and has defied the UN and NATO to ask to initiate investigations and provide evidence of alleged war crimes against him.
The Libyan leader has ensured that the casualty figures are exaggerated and suggested that only 150 people have died. Independent sources of NGOs and international agencies estimate that 2,000 people have been killed in two weeks of conflict. The Libyan League for Human Rights, an organization based in Paris, number about 6,000 deaths.
The ICC has decided to open an investigation into the alleged crimes (war or against humanity) committed in Libya since 15 February.
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