The 29th day of a bloody insurgency, troops loyal to Qadhafi made a major step forward in their military offensive. In Paris, foreign ministers of the G8 countries are failing to reach agreement on a possible intervention. Troops loyal to resemble Gaddafi in Benghazi forces pro-Gaddafi on Monday had posted their goal: toppling the city of Ajdabiya, distant from 160 km away from the "capital" of the rebels, Benghazi.
By mid-day, their mission seemed accomplished, despite the denials of the National Council of Libya, which assured Tuesday that the city "is still in the hands of revolutionaries." "The fall of Ajdabiya was extremely fast," explained in the afternoon, the special envoy of the World site, Remy Ourdan.
In the evening, the Libyan army announced an impending operation against Benghazi, the second largest city, on which sit the bodies of the opposition, in a statement broadcast on Libyan state television. Speaking to locals, the army said: "The armed forces arrive to ensure your security, you lift the injustice that was done, you protect, and restore calm and normalcy." "This is a humanitarian operation in your interest, which is not intended to take revenge on anyone," the military said, loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The Libyan leader said in the evening to be "determined to crush the enemy" in a televised speech, hammering: "If it's a foreign conspiracy we'll crush it, if it is an inside job we're also going to crush him. " Shortly thereafter, several sources reported on Twitter crash of a fighter on the residence of Kadhafi in Tripoli, Bab Al-Azizia.
The pilot, an officer of the Libyan army, had taken off from Tripoli before intentionally launching the device on the residence. Two people died inside the building. An online journal Libyan opposition also reported that a MiG-23 fighter and a helicopter in the hands of the insurgents have managed to sink two warships from the Navy in the Gulf of Sirte, near the line Ajdabiya front.
Brniej website, quoting an officer of the Air Force unidentified air base in Benin, Benghazi, said that the MiG has also bombed a number of tanks around the towns of Brega and 'Ajdabiya, both fell Tuesday at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi. "Civilians flee as the military now to Benghazi," the last stronghold of insurgents.
The fighting has killed at least three dead and fifteen wounded, according to doctors, in addition to two deaths received during the night of Monday to Tuesday. Later in the afternoon, troops loyal to Colonel blocked the road connecting the two cities. In addition, the agency stated on Tuesday that the army now controlled the Gaddafi oil city of Brega in the Gulf of Sirte.
"We've totally lost Brega. We could not cope with the forces of Gaddafi," declared a rebel to the agency. The previous day, this city was still contested at the loyalist forces by insurgents. In Paris, the G8 promised stronger sanctions major powers met at the G8 in Paris have dismissed for lack of consensus, the military option to slow the forces of Muammar Gaddafi, merely promise for a new resolution this week to UN sanctions strengthened.
"We agree to ask the Security Council to increase its pressure," said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. The summit conclusions did not mention the option of a no-fly zone over Libya, originally due by Paris and London, and the Arab League. Late Tuesday afternoon, Alain Juppe said before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly that the idea of \u200b\u200bestablishing a no-fly zone in Libya is now "outdated".
"This is not what today will stop the advance of Qaddafi, but finally it must be discussed and perhaps return to the proposal we made," he said, adding that "the idea of France was not to design a fly zone, which is difficult on a territory as large as that of Libya, but, provided of course to have a mandate from the Security Council UN targeted strikes on a number of military targets that would have to deprive Qaddafi of the possibility of bombing.
" A group of powers including the United States, the United Kingdom and France hoped to present to the UN on Tuesday, a draft resolution tightening sanctions against Libya. "If we're stuck now, not only because Europe is powerless, because at the Security Council, for now, China does not want to hear about a resolution leading to an interference of the international community in the affairs of a country, "said the minister.
"Gaddafi score points," Mr. Juppe expressed regret, saying the international community could not prevent the government forces to resume Benghazi. For its part, the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, said Tuesday that Paris was "deeply distressed" by the inability of the Security Council to react to the progress of the Libyan forces.
Barack Obama reiterated on Monday night, his warning to the Libyan leader: "Gaddafi has lost its legitimacy and it must go away," said Bush. Instead, his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, refused to promise military aid to the rebels, even as deliveries. The U.S. Treasury, meanwhile, reported that the U.S.
extended their sanctions against Libya to sixteen public enterprises in the country, including its oil company, sovereign funds and banks. Le Monde. en with and 
By mid-day, their mission seemed accomplished, despite the denials of the National Council of Libya, which assured Tuesday that the city "is still in the hands of revolutionaries." "The fall of Ajdabiya was extremely fast," explained in the afternoon, the special envoy of the World site, Remy Ourdan.
In the evening, the Libyan army announced an impending operation against Benghazi, the second largest city, on which sit the bodies of the opposition, in a statement broadcast on Libyan state television. Speaking to locals, the army said: "The armed forces arrive to ensure your security, you lift the injustice that was done, you protect, and restore calm and normalcy." "This is a humanitarian operation in your interest, which is not intended to take revenge on anyone," the military said, loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The Libyan leader said in the evening to be "determined to crush the enemy" in a televised speech, hammering: "If it's a foreign conspiracy we'll crush it, if it is an inside job we're also going to crush him. " Shortly thereafter, several sources reported on Twitter crash of a fighter on the residence of Kadhafi in Tripoli, Bab Al-Azizia.
The pilot, an officer of the Libyan army, had taken off from Tripoli before intentionally launching the device on the residence. Two people died inside the building. An online journal Libyan opposition also reported that a MiG-23 fighter and a helicopter in the hands of the insurgents have managed to sink two warships from the Navy in the Gulf of Sirte, near the line Ajdabiya front.
Brniej website, quoting an officer of the Air Force unidentified air base in Benin, Benghazi, said that the MiG has also bombed a number of tanks around the towns of Brega and 'Ajdabiya, both fell Tuesday at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi. "Civilians flee as the military now to Benghazi," the last stronghold of insurgents.
The fighting has killed at least three dead and fifteen wounded, according to doctors, in addition to two deaths received during the night of Monday to Tuesday. Later in the afternoon, troops loyal to Colonel blocked the road connecting the two cities. In addition, the agency stated on Tuesday that the army now controlled the Gaddafi oil city of Brega in the Gulf of Sirte.
"We've totally lost Brega. We could not cope with the forces of Gaddafi," declared a rebel to the agency. The previous day, this city was still contested at the loyalist forces by insurgents. In Paris, the G8 promised stronger sanctions major powers met at the G8 in Paris have dismissed for lack of consensus, the military option to slow the forces of Muammar Gaddafi, merely promise for a new resolution this week to UN sanctions strengthened.
"We agree to ask the Security Council to increase its pressure," said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. The summit conclusions did not mention the option of a no-fly zone over Libya, originally due by Paris and London, and the Arab League. Late Tuesday afternoon, Alain Juppe said before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly that the idea of \u200b\u200bestablishing a no-fly zone in Libya is now "outdated".
"This is not what today will stop the advance of Qaddafi, but finally it must be discussed and perhaps return to the proposal we made," he said, adding that "the idea of France was not to design a fly zone, which is difficult on a territory as large as that of Libya, but, provided of course to have a mandate from the Security Council UN targeted strikes on a number of military targets that would have to deprive Qaddafi of the possibility of bombing.
" A group of powers including the United States, the United Kingdom and France hoped to present to the UN on Tuesday, a draft resolution tightening sanctions against Libya. "If we're stuck now, not only because Europe is powerless, because at the Security Council, for now, China does not want to hear about a resolution leading to an interference of the international community in the affairs of a country, "said the minister.
"Gaddafi score points," Mr. Juppe expressed regret, saying the international community could not prevent the government forces to resume Benghazi. For its part, the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, said Tuesday that Paris was "deeply distressed" by the inability of the Security Council to react to the progress of the Libyan forces.
Barack Obama reiterated on Monday night, his warning to the Libyan leader: "Gaddafi has lost its legitimacy and it must go away," said Bush. Instead, his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, refused to promise military aid to the rebels, even as deliveries. The U.S. Treasury, meanwhile, reported that the U.S.
extended their sanctions against Libya to sixteen public enterprises in the country, including its oil company, sovereign funds and banks. Le Monde. en with and
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