The rebels seeking to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi lost ground yesterday, after forces loyal to the regime attacked several cities air. Gadhafi ordered air and ground attack cities and Ras Lanuf Zauiya (see map), strongholds of the rebels, but could not confirm whether or not there was dead.
The Ras Lanuf airstrike caused panic in the population, which ran through the streets in search of refuge. Libyan state television announced that government forces were going to Benghazi, the second largest city in the country and the first to be controlled by the revolutionaries. "Zauiya, Misrata and Ras Lanuf under our control, that's confirmed," said State television Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim.
The statement was accompanied by images of thousands of people celebrating the "victory against the terrorists" in Tripoli's Green Square, and in Sirte, the hometown of Gadhafi. The revolutionaries, however, immediately denied the reports. There were also clashes in Jawad Bin, the insurgents were forced to withdraw due to the magnitude of the offense.
Medical sources reported that the fighting left at least two dead and 30 wounded, including a French journalist. Misrata residents said Gadhafi's tanks shelled the city. "The tanks fire into the city center, close to local radio. The people had no weapons. If the international community does not intervene, there will be a slaughter, "one resident said by telephone.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppe said in Cairo that Europe and France can not "tolerate the criminal folly" of the regime of Gadhafi, shortly before his ministry issued a statement that "welcomed" the formation of the Council opposition. However, the minister said that foreign military intervention would have "negative effects" and ruled in favor of a no-fly zone to prevent the bombing.
At the UN, diplomats announced that the sanctions committee on Libya held its first meeting in the coming days and would be chaired by Portugal. For his part, Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern over the fighting "has caused many deaths and a growing humanitarian crisis in Libya." Gadhafi did not budge and even pleaded for the UN or the African Union to send commissions of inquiry to assess the situation in his country.
In an interview with French newspaper Journal du Dimanche ", reiterated that the rebels are terrorists of al Qaeda, and regretted that the international community supports their struggle, mainly the United States and Western nations. "I'm surprised that no one understands that this is a fight against terrorism ...
We have helped (the West) a lot in recent years. Why when we fight against terrorism in Libya does not help anyone? "The Libyan leader predicted that the revolt continued," there will be a Muslim holy war against the West from the Ocean Mediterranean, leading to a global crisis and disaster the planet.
" The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, said the possibility of U.S. help to "arm the rebels" in Libya against the forces of Muammar Gadhafi. The senator said the program "Face the Nation" on CBS that took similar actions during the Cold War. However, he noted that first "we need to know whom we are dealing before providing weapons to the rebels." In the same line was expressed by Arizona Republican Senator and former presidential candidate, John McCain, who said in an interview with ABC that humanitarian assistance so far launched by the United States could add "technical assistance, intelligence and training.
" "We are clearly on the side of the rebels." Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser to George W. Bush stressed that it would be "useful" supply "air raid material" to insurgent forces that control the east of Libya. Another alternative that we used during the Cold War is just helping and arming the rebeldeslíder Republican in the Senate. 
The Ras Lanuf airstrike caused panic in the population, which ran through the streets in search of refuge. Libyan state television announced that government forces were going to Benghazi, the second largest city in the country and the first to be controlled by the revolutionaries. "Zauiya, Misrata and Ras Lanuf under our control, that's confirmed," said State television Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim.
The statement was accompanied by images of thousands of people celebrating the "victory against the terrorists" in Tripoli's Green Square, and in Sirte, the hometown of Gadhafi. The revolutionaries, however, immediately denied the reports. There were also clashes in Jawad Bin, the insurgents were forced to withdraw due to the magnitude of the offense.
Medical sources reported that the fighting left at least two dead and 30 wounded, including a French journalist. Misrata residents said Gadhafi's tanks shelled the city. "The tanks fire into the city center, close to local radio. The people had no weapons. If the international community does not intervene, there will be a slaughter, "one resident said by telephone.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppe said in Cairo that Europe and France can not "tolerate the criminal folly" of the regime of Gadhafi, shortly before his ministry issued a statement that "welcomed" the formation of the Council opposition. However, the minister said that foreign military intervention would have "negative effects" and ruled in favor of a no-fly zone to prevent the bombing.
At the UN, diplomats announced that the sanctions committee on Libya held its first meeting in the coming days and would be chaired by Portugal. For his part, Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern over the fighting "has caused many deaths and a growing humanitarian crisis in Libya." Gadhafi did not budge and even pleaded for the UN or the African Union to send commissions of inquiry to assess the situation in his country.
In an interview with French newspaper Journal du Dimanche ", reiterated that the rebels are terrorists of al Qaeda, and regretted that the international community supports their struggle, mainly the United States and Western nations. "I'm surprised that no one understands that this is a fight against terrorism ...
We have helped (the West) a lot in recent years. Why when we fight against terrorism in Libya does not help anyone? "The Libyan leader predicted that the revolt continued," there will be a Muslim holy war against the West from the Ocean Mediterranean, leading to a global crisis and disaster the planet.
" The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, said the possibility of U.S. help to "arm the rebels" in Libya against the forces of Muammar Gadhafi. The senator said the program "Face the Nation" on CBS that took similar actions during the Cold War. However, he noted that first "we need to know whom we are dealing before providing weapons to the rebels." In the same line was expressed by Arizona Republican Senator and former presidential candidate, John McCain, who said in an interview with ABC that humanitarian assistance so far launched by the United States could add "technical assistance, intelligence and training.
" "We are clearly on the side of the rebels." Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser to George W. Bush stressed that it would be "useful" supply "air raid material" to insurgent forces that control the east of Libya. Another alternative that we used during the Cold War is just helping and arming the rebeldeslíder Republican in the Senate.
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