Sunday, March 20, 2011

Despite the cease-fire, fighting continues in Libya

While international forces prepare for military intervention in Libya, Gaddafi and the pro-rebel continued to clash Friday, March 18 despite the announcement at midday by Tripoli of a cease-fire unilaterally. According to Al-Jazeera, the forces loyal to Qadhafi continues to march on Benghazi, a stronghold of the insurgency in eastern Libya, the Libyan leader forces loyal to the insurgents faced especially in the localities of Al and Magroun Slouq at fifty miles of Benghazi.

This information was confirmed by a member of U.S. National Security Council, speaking under condition of anonymity. For the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, it is clear that Libyan forces violate cease-fire called for in resolution of the Security Council adopted yesterday. "Yes, he rapes her," Rice said, when questioned on this point.

"Resolution 1973 requires a cease-fire and halt to all offensive operations. It also bans flights over the Libya, "recalled the U.S. ambassador. Tripoli, however, provides not want to enter the city. "We believe that the presence of hosts is important to ensure the safety of residents. This does not violate the cease-fire," said Deputy Foreign Minister of Libya, denying passage to all bombing on the insurgents.

In Benghazi, a board member of the military uprising, which dismissed the cease-fire by denouncing an attempt to bluff the regime, accused earlier in the day, forces loyal to the Libyan leader to continue to carry out attacks . "The Gaddafi regime has never stopped hitting or attacking the people.

Until now, he always attacks the besieged cities," said Khaled al-Sayeh. He reported "constant bombing" on Zentena (120 km south-east of Tripoli), Misrata (200 km east of Tripoli) and Ajdabiya (160 km south of Benghazi), three cities still partially in the hands insurgency. The front line, which has evolved over the past week, now runs around Ajdabiya and zigzags of the Mediterranean Sea to the road to Tobruk.

A sixty kilometers north of Ajdabiya, about 1000 km from Tripoli, Dr. Awaz summarizes the situation, a military theater confirmed by several insurgents: "Basically, the fighting, so the wounded, are concentrated in a triangle which goes to Zuwaytinah Ajdabiya and position of the pro-Gaddafi about twenty miles north of Ajdabiya.

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