Sunday, March 27, 2011

Libya, the challenge of the rebels: "Are you ready to export oil, we have agreements with Qatar"

The rebels conquered the oil center of Ras Lanuf and launch a challenge: "We are ready to export oil in less than a week. We have already signed agreements with Qatar. " Meanwhile, Gaddafi called for an end of air strikes and launched a new appeal for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council. The request came this morning after the intense Allied bombing along the road connecting Ajbadiya, the strategic eastern town recaptured by insurgents yesterday, and Sirte, the hometown of the Rais.

A spokesman for the regime, Ibrahim, called the offensive "bloodthirsty, immoral and illegal" and once again talked about "numerous casualties among the military but also among civilians." But the American defense secretary, Robert Gates, in an interview with broadcaster CBS, said that in fact these bodies shows that the system as victims of the raids of the coalition are the ones killed by the same forces loyal to Gaddafi.

Meanwhile, this morning the Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini in an interview with La Repubblica has announced the existence of "an Italian-German plan might be developed in a joint document to be presented Tuesday, the Coalition Summit to be held in London . "In these difficult days - said the head of Italian diplomacy - maybe Europe has lost the pieces, we do not want to miss Germany and move toward a cease-fire will make it easier to return." The minister said that "until now there have been three separate controls of the operations: the Italian and American in Naples, a second and third British French" but on Monday the command passed to NATO.

Concerning the fate of the Rais, Frattini ruled out his stay in power and said: "Another thing is to think of an exile, the African Union has already taken responsibility for finding a solution" and also in the Libyan regime there are those who "is working to promote from within the way out." The chronicle of the March 27, 2011 19:00 - BBC Pro Gaddafi barricaded in the center to measure the forces of Muammar Gaddafi took control of the Palace of the People of Misurata, where snipers were deployed on rooftops, and they hold 60 percent of city.

The residents refer to the BBC. "We are looking for a shelter, but here nothing is more secure," said a witness, ensuring that there are elements of the army in the city but also many Libyan mercenaries. The clashes have occurred toughest street in Tripoli, the central artery of the city.

" 18:48 - Witness: "Still in clashes between rebels and loyalists Measured" Clashes continue in the center of Measured between the forces and insurgents loyal to Gaddafi. According to witnesses, all day they heard "tanks, mortars and light artillery." "The rebels want to go ahead with the assault and throw out the men from the town of Gaddafi but we need more time because of the snipers on the roofs," said a witness, adding that so far there are no reports of casualties, but that violent clashes are still ongoing.

18:44 - Convoy of military and civilian flight from Tripoli to Sirte A convoy of 20 military vehicles and dozens of civilians were seen leaving today Sirte, hometown of Muammar Gaddafi, on their way to Tripoli. The military convoy included anti-aircraft mobile media. Civilians are fleeing on their car, loaded with people and personal property.

According to the rebel, anti-government forces are now about 100 km from the stronghold of the system, waiting for the raid to begin the international advanced to the birthplace of the rais. 18:39 - Rebels entered Nawfaliya Libyan rebels say they entered Nawfaliya, about 100 km east of Sirte, and the last major city before the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi.

He reports the BBC online. 16:24 - Rebels "ready to export oil, reached agreement with Qatar" The rebels say they are ready to export Libyan oil "in less than a week and can produce" from 100,000 to 130,000 barrels a day. " This was announced by a spokesman, after the conquest of today's plants and terminals in the south of Benghazi.

Ali Tarhoni, responsible for economic affairs of the rebel reports: "We have reached an agreement" with Qatar to export oil east of the country. A Ras Lanuf, considered the second strategic site for the Libyan energy sector, there is a refinery by 220,000 and numerous deposits of oil and gas.

The other captured city, Marsa el Brega, but is home to a major terminal for export. Tobruk, another country's oil center, then remained in rebel hands since the beginning of the revolt against Gaddafi. 16:21 - GB: "The rebels control the oil change the dynamics of conflict" "We are seeing the advance of rebels on the ground to the west from Ajdabiya to Brega, along the coast.

Naturalemte This produces a very different political dynamic, "Fox said to the BBC. The control of oil terminals will grow as they proceed to advance along the coast, he said, leaving the rebels' control of much of the esporatzioni oil ... this will produce a new dynamic with a different balance in the Libya.

" 16:14 - Measured, filmed attack loyalist forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have resumed the attack against measures, the port city caught between Tripoli and Sirte. The report residents. The loyalists have thus ended a brief lull in the fighting continues to Allied air attacks, said a resident.

"Measured is under attack," he said, referring to "the city and the port area where there are thousands of workers. We do not know whether the artillery or mortars. " A rebel, always to be measured, said that Gaddafi is shifting all his weight on the measure in order to control the entire west side of the country after losing the east.

15.45 - CNN: "Tripoli deserted" Tripoli is now "empty" with many shops closed: the only large groups of people can be seen on the few stations open, with long lines of cars queued. He reports the CNN correspondent, adding that the Libyan state television has reported the withdrawal of forces from the cities to the east Muammar Gaddafi close to Ajdabiya.

"The officials seem shocked by the news of the progress of the rebels," the CNN correspondent from the Libyan capital. 15.07 - H. Clinton: "Diplomats and military are leaving Gaddafi 'Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is increasingly isolated and many Libyan diplomats and senior members of the Armed Forces are deserting him: he announced the U.S.

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in the eighth days of military operations in the North African country. "There are many diplomats and senior members of the armed forces in Libya who are deserting and going" with the opposition, said the Clinton interviewed by CBS. 15.04 - Rebels take control of The City of Bin Bin Jawad Jawad is now under the control of rebels who oppose the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi.

The latest success comes after the rebels arrived today in Ras Lanuf, and the Burayqa Uqaliya. Now, after yesterday had been taken Ajdabiya and Brega, the new goal is the key town of Sirte, 400 kilometers northeast of Rripoli. And after Sirte, we aim to measure, considered the door to get up to Tripoli.

14:47 - Tremonti: "The solution can only be European" "The solution can only be European." A half an hour is to support the economy minister, Giulio Tremonti, on the Libyan crisis. 14.45 - Posted Ansa: "Rebels ahead Ras Lanuf, no resistance," Along the road from Benghazi in Ras Lanuf there is no "sign of the presence of soldiers of Muammar Gaddafi" has found the same anxiety that follows the ' Advanced anti-government forces to Sirte.

Tripoli yesterday said it had withdrawn its forces from south of Benghazi, the site of strategic energy facilities. 14:36 - In Sardinia air UAE E 'began in the early afternoon in Sardinia the redeployment of the aircraft of the UAE will participate in the coalition that will ensure the UN mandated no-fly zone on Libya.

At 14.00 out of "Mario Mameli" Cagliari-Elmas an Airbus-330 landed with equipment and logistics personnel. The air base Decimomannu, where the UAE were now expected to be eight days, are given the approaching combat aircraft that the F-18 joined by Spanish and Dutch F-16 operating from the island.

14.35 - GB, London conference more than 35 countries to the conference in London next Tuesday on Libya to attend the foreign ministers of more than 35 countries as well as "international organizations have shown interest in the future of the Libyan people." It said in a statement released today by the British Foreign Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

"The Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, President of the African Union Jean Ping, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the foreign ministers of 35 countries - says the statement - have confirmed their presence." Among the objectives of the summit is to create a "large group" that look "to the long-term support" of the country, with both measures of "humanitarian assistance" to support the "transitional phase".

11:39 - France Press: "Ras Lanuf Oil Terminal in the hands of the rebels" The oil terminal of Ras Lanuf, Libya in the east, fell into the hands of anti-government forces. The journalists have noted the Agence France Presse. 11.25 - BBC Gb Defense: "We are not arming the rebels," "We are not arming the rebels and we have no plans to provide them with arms." He told the BBC Liam Fox, British Defense Secretary.

According to the website of the issuer Britanica, Fox said that the coalition has taken action "to protect civilians in the hope that they can sleep in their beds at night without wondering whether the scheme will kill them." According to indiscretions gathered by the Washington Post, the U.S.

and its allies are considering the possibility of supplying arms to insurgents Libyans to help defeat the forces of Colonel Gaddafi. 11.18 - Medical measures "against new tactics loyalist raid" a doctor to measure allaBbc said yesterday that the martyr-city 200 km east of Tripoli suffered by the forces of Gaddafi one of the most devastating attacks since the conflict and that the 'loyalists using new tactics to avoid being hit by allied air raid.

"Gaddafi's troops using civilians as human shields and hiding their tanks into buildings - said the doctor, according to the BBC's online site - Using civilian vehicles instead of tanks, machine guns used in place of the artillery. When you hear the foreign air, they stop attacking. But as soon as the planes move apart, they begin to bomb.

" 11.02 - Rebels also conquered the port of Al Burayqa rebels fighting against the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi said they had taken control of the oil port of al-Burayqa. The site includes the insurrection Libya al Youm. In cities, states, the electricity was cut off for days and food is scarce.

As the raids continue against coalition forces Gaddafi, the rebels continue to advance towards the west after conquering the city yesterday Ajdabiya key. The objective is measured, the country's third largest city besieged by the forces of Gaddafi since Feb. 19, considered the gateway to reach Tripoli.

10:34 - Al Jazeera holding Brega, Ras Lanuf insurgents to anti-government forces have recaptured the strategic town of Brega, Libya in the east, and moving towards the west, have already reached Uqayla, the last village before the main oil terminal Libyan Ras Lanuf. He told a correspondent for Al Jazeera.

Yesterday, after heavy international coalition raid against Qaddafi's forces, the insurgents had taken over the city of Ajdabiya and later claimed they had also re-conquest of the oil port of Brega. But the news was not confirmed. Uqayla the village is located about 110 km west of Ajdabiya, thirty east of Ras Lanuf.

08:42 - Tripoli raid and stop asking the board meeting the UN regime of Muammar Gaddafi has called for an end of the international coalition air strikes and launched a new appeal for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council. The appeal came after intense Allied bombing along the road connecting Ajbadiya, the strategic eastern town recaptured by insurgents yesterday, and Sirte, the hometown of colonel.

A spokesman for the regime, Ibrahim, called the offensive "bloodthirsty, immoral and illegal" and once again talked about "numerous casualties among the military but also among civilians." "We demand the immediate and urgent blockade of air strikes and an urgent meeting of the Security Council," UN.

According to Ibrahim, the coalition has stepped up raids by the approach of a summit, scheduled for Tuesday in London, which will be considered during the Franco-British initiative for a political solution to the conflict in Libya. 08:04 - Frattini: "First Italian-German plan for after Gaddafi" We have a plan and see if sipotrà translate into a German-Italian proposal.

Maybe it will develop in a joint document to be presented Tuesday, the Coalition Summit to be held in London. This was announced by Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said in an interview to the Republic. "In these difficult days - says the head of Italian diplomacy - maybe Europe has lost the pieces, we do not want to miss Germany and move toward a cease-fire will make it easier to return." The minister said that "until now there have been three separate controls of the operations: the Italian and American in Naples, a second and third British French" but on Monday the command passed to NATO.

As for the health status of relations with France, Frattini lets you know that "remain unchanged", but adds that "we did not share the choice of the coalition of the willing. We have participated as an urgent and temporary measure. " And excludes that now there will be a control room, "let alone two." The steps of the plan stipulated in the German-Italian, according to the minister, the ceasefire to be monitored by the United Nations, the establishment of a permanent humanitarian corridor and a "strong commitment of the African Union and the Arab League" in addition to involvement of tribal groups "that will work on a constitution for Libya." Concerning the fate of the rais, Frattini excludes his stay in power and declares: "Another thing is to think of exile, the African Union has already taken responsibility for finding a solution" and even some people in the Libyan regime "is working to promote from within the way out.

" 00:47 - Raid Ajdabija coalition of Sirte and the international coalition during the night attacked forces loyal Muammar Gaddafi on the road that connects Ajdabiya in Sirte. This was announced by a government spokesman in Tripoli. Ajdabiya is the strategic town about 160 km from Benghazi that the insurgents have just brought under their control.

Sirte, about 400 km further west, is the birthplace of Gaddafi and is considered one of its strongholds. In giving notice of the new raids, the government spokesman has again spoken of "many casualties among the military but also among civilians," 0:37 - Gates, Gaddafi makes his victims to go dead raid forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi would use the corpses of people from killed by passing them to the civilian victims of air raids of the coalition is what has supported tonight by Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, in an interview with broadcaster CBS, based on "intelligence reports".

"We have numerous reports of intelligence - says the head of the Pentagon - that we are told that Gaddafi move the bodies of those killed by placing them on sites that we attacked. " The regime has in fact accused the raid of having caused numerous civilian casualties, while the pilots said they had used the "utmost caution".

"The truth is that it creates problems if there is evidence that we are responsible for civilian casualties," said Gates still.

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