Saturday, March 5, 2011

Gaddafi launches the tank against the city of Zawiyah

17:28 - Zawiyah, hit with hundreds of civilians inside the mosque after they opened fire on houses, tanks loyalist forces that have invaded the streets of Zawiyah would take to "bomb a mosque with hundreds of civilians who had sought refuge inside "has denounced Abu Aqeel, a resident of a strategic town located just 40 miles west of Tripoli.

Reached by telephone, the man added: "We can not run to their rescue, because the bombing is too intense." In the meantime, local medical sources have stated that they would at least thirty people were killed during the fighting until the morning, which is then followed yet another offensive by the government, still in progress.

17.06 - Jet Gaddafi intercattato by AWAC Born near Malta The private plane to Muammar Gaddafi - a Dassault Falcon DA-900 with initials 5A-DCN - was spotted by NATO AWAC spy planes patrolling the skies in recent days between Malta , Lampedusa and Linosa. According to the Ansa news agency has learned the plane was part of Libya in Tripoli from Amman in Jordan.

The pilot of the jet, which almost seem to 'defy' the AWAC, did not trigger any radio contact but immediately provoked a NATO alert. Dell'Awac The pilot called the control tower at La Valletta requesting information on the aircraft that was about 84 miles away from them. The jet of Gaddafi, who on Sunday had already flown over Maltese airspace as he returned from Minsk in Belarus, has now been tracked down in Amman, Jordan.

We do not know who was on board the aircraft. The plane landed at the airport by Mitica, near Tripoli, which is the private track of the Libyan Rais. 16:44 - Insurgents shot down two helicopters east of Sirte The rebels continue to advance towards the Libyan city of Sirte today shot down two military helicopters about 40 km from the city regarded as the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi.

According to reports sent by the Arab TV 'al-Jazeera', the first helicopter was shot down in the area of Ras Lanuf, won yesterday by the rebels, and the second in the area of Bani Jawad, always in the Gulf of Sirte. 16:28 - Egyptian General: "Gaddafi has chemical weapons" "It 's clear that Muammar Gaddafi possess chemical weapons.

We know that between 150 and 250 chemical bombs very powerful. " , Said the retired general and an Egyptian expert on military matters, Sameh Seif al-Yazal. 15:52 - Zawiyah, tanks firing on homes and into the crowd The battle for al-Zawiyah is the final stage. Tanks of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi came into the town, located 40 km west of Tripoli, is in rebel hands for days.

The tanks opened fire against the houses of civilians. Yesterday, the regime had claimed the capture of Zawiyah, only to have to acknowledge, even among anonymous admissions and denials, which were still "pockets of resistance." The urban area is surrounded by government troops in the meantime.

The situation is more dramatic. "There are tanks everywhere, and are opening fire on houses," complained one of the inhabitants of the town, reached by telephone from Benghazi, a stronghold of the insurgency. "I've just seen seven accelerate under my windows, and the bombing continues unabated.

Pray for us, "murmured the man, before the line fell short. Another eyewitness, a doctor on the phone said to be "trapped in the fire" of artillery. According to the online site almanaralink. com, close to the insurgents, would be at least forty Zawiyah armored vehicles penetrated the center, and fire incessantly on civilians.

15:20 30 dead according to medical sources in al-Zawiyah E 'of 30 deaths the death toll of the clashes began yesterday and continued today nellacittà al-Zawiyah, in Tripoli. Medichelocali sources said, cited by Arabic television 'al-Jazeera'. According to rebel sources of the budget instead of 70 dead and 300 wounded.

14:53 - More than 30 killed in arms dump exploded in Benghazi yesterday and 'at least 32 dead, maybe 34, still provisional budget of the double explosion that last night destroyed the arms depot at the military base of Rajma, on the outskirts of Benghazi , one of the most 'of the large Cyrenaica: The hospital sources said.

The area lies in the hands of the insurgents, and at first it was assumed a bombardment of the deposit by forces loyal to the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. Contradicted by the BBC News today, citing that the hospital, speaks of accidental explosion. 12:43 - Rebels advance to Sirte, the Libyan Cyrenaica The rebels are continuing their advance towards the town of Sirte, considered a stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi.

After winning yesterday, after a long battle, the coastal town of Ras Lanuf, in the Gulf of Sirte, arrived this morning in the area of Wadi al-Ahmar. According to the Arabic television 'al-Jazeera', the rebels are concentrating in this area, which is only 30 km from Sirte, Gaddafi to deal with the brigades in the area.

10.56 - Today in the shooting hideout Gaddafi in Tripoli a violent shooting was heard yesterday in the police station of Bab al-Aziziya, considered the headquarters of Muammar Gaddafi and his family in Tripoli. According to a report in the Arabic daily 'Al-Sharq al-Awsat', the shooting lasted about twenty minutes and was very intense.

Local sources say that the shootout was attended by African militants who have obtained the Libyans. Three Libyan officials would die. At the moment you do not know the identity of the victims of the shooting, but since yesterday there has been no news of General Abdullah al-Senoussi, head of military intelligence, which may have been killed in the shootout.

Still the same newspaper claims that the conflict would not have been involved children of Colonel, who yesterday pledged to lead the brigades were defending the city, while local sources claim that the daughter of Gaddafi, Aisha, had actually tried to leave the country in recent weeks but did not find any country willing to host it.

9:51 - Ras Lanouf, at least 8 killed in fighting yesterday At least eight people were killed and 21 others were injured in the Libyan town of Ras Lanouf, strategic oil town by the sea in eastern Libya, where yesterday there were violent clashes between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

The sources said the nearby hospital Ajdabiya. The fate of Ras Lanouf yesterday the news was contradictory: the past insurgents have proclaimed to have conquered the town, but immediately contradicted by the deputy foreign minister, Khaled Kaaim, according to which government forces kept them firmly in control.

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