Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Libya: Sirte battle begins, the "political leadership" of the operation also

On the ground the day Monday, March 28 marked a slowdown in the advance of rebel troops to the west, the front stabilizer near the hometown of Muammar Gaddafi, Sirte. City Misrata, where fighting continued, the evening was divided between districts held by loyalists and others to rebel. On the evening of Monday, the international coalition led raids on positions of forces loyal to Qadhafi, in regions of Mezdi in central Libya, and Ghariani (west).

In addition, nine strong detonations were heard near Tripoli. Forty diplomatic representatives are expected on Tuesday in London for the first meeting of the "contact group" on Libya, in charge of "political leadership" of the operation from the military command of the operation was entrusted to NATO .

Slows the progression of the rebels, the battle of Sirte about to begin Libyan rebels were arrested in their progression to Sirte by a serious clash with government forces to a few tens of kilometers from the birthplace of Colonel Gaddafi, reported French journalists. The rebel column advancing towards the west was taken in an ambush that resulted in fatalities Harawa, a village about 60 km of Sirte, between the capital Tripoli and Benghazi stronghold of the rebels.

According to French journalists on site, pro-government forces have destroyed several vehicles Gaddafi and at least two rebels were affected. The fighting with heavy weapons continued more than half an hour, halting the progression of the insurgents. For its part, the plan would have ended its offensive against rebels in Misrata where "security" has been restored, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Libya, which has so far not clear whether the city had been reconquered by loyalist forces.

Some sources also reported strikes by the coalition in the Sabha area in the south. These bombings, which took place on the night of Sunday to Monday, would have forced people to abandon their homes to seek refuge elsewhere. Several military sites are located in the town of Sabha, the rear base of the regime, where armed tribes most loyal hitherto to Colonel Gaddafi.

Monday early evening, the French General Staff announced that it had conducted strikes on a command center in Tripoli. The rebels want Gaddafi chief judge of the National Transitional Council (CNT) Libyan Abdeljalil Moustapha, said that Gaddafi would be tried in Libya. "After the victory, we deem Gaddafi in Libya for all crimes he committed," said Abdeljalil to journalists of France 2 who met in the Benghazi region.

"We try to build a free, democratic Iraq that respects human rights and political change," he said, estimating that the people of Libya had made "a difficult choice, one to confront a tyrant" . Meeting of the "contact group" on Tuesday in London some forty countries are expected in London on Tuesday for the first meeting of the "contact group" on Libya, in charge of "political leadership" of the strikes now under NATO command and preparation of "a better future for the Libyans" designating an understatement after Gaddafi.

The meeting will also collect "friends of the coalition and hopefully we, the National Transitional Council (CNT) formed opponents of Colonel Qaddafi, said Monday Bernard Valero, spokesman for the Quai d'Orsay. Qatar, Jordan and the UAE will be present at Tuesday's meeting, as the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the president of the African Union Jean Ping, the chief diplomat Hillary Clinton, as many Europeans and even an observer of the Vatican, according to.

Monday, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy said that "Gaddafi [had] to leave immediately," calling on his supporters to "leave before it's too late." In a televised speech the U.S. president, Barack Obama on Monday defended its decision to intervene in Libya, saying it had "prevented a massacre," and affirming the right of the United States to act "when their interests and values are threatened.

" He however said there was no question of exceeding the UN mandate for seeking to overthrow the Libyan leader by force even if "no doubt that Libya and the world would be better if Qaddafi was no longer in power. " On the political level, Qatar, the first Arab country to participate in international intervention, recognized the National Transition Council, governing body of the rebellion.

He becomes the second state after France to support him. Le Monde. en with and

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