Government forces continue to grow, Monday, March 14, to Benghazi, the Libyan opposition headquarters, with blows of heavy artillery and air raids. The Libyan army is running "to serve" the whole country, said Sunday one of its spokesmen. In the West, the rebels still controlled Misrata, 150 km east of Tripoli, but automatic weapons fire echoed around the city, according to one resident.
The front line has shifted further east, the rebel-controlled towns falling one after another at the hands of troops of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who said he was determined to overcome the insurgency despite protests and international sanctions. The Libyan army has indicated, via state television that the soldiers who joined the insurgents will be "pardoned" if they surrendered.
According to Al-Uqaila on the coastal road and the town of Al-Hind, a little farther east, government forces have reached Brega, strategic oil site some 240 km from Benghazi city where the National Council transition created by the opposition. Dozens of rebels fled Brega in vehicles carrying anti-aircraft batteries in the direction of Ajdabiya, communication node 80 kilometers further east.
The insurgent commander, Gen. Abdel Fattah Younis, said Sunday evening qu'Ajdabiya, now the front line, was "a city vital" and would be defended. He also believed that government troops "very stretched" along the coast would experience "serious logistical difficulties." In Benghazi, the second largest city, a thousand miles east of Tripoli, the euphoria of the early weeks of the rebellion gave way to anxiety.
All mobile phone lines were cut, and eyes on the stranger. A nephew of former King Idris I, El-Zubair Ahmed Al-Sanusi, who has spent thirty-one years in the jails of the regime, called "the world to help, to provide all possible support, as quickly as possible. " The international community, however, seemed slow to act.
After meetings of NATO and the European Union that did not reach any concrete decision, a ministerial meeting of the G8 is held Monday in Paris, where France intends to advance the idea of \u200b\u200ba no-fly zone . Saturday, the Arab League has supported such a measure, sought by force with the Libyan opposition, calling on the Security Council to authorize the UN to prevent the bombing and protect civilians.
China and Russia, both permanent members of the Security Council of the UN, have expressed skepticism about the no-fly zone while India, non-permanent member, has expressed his opposition . The International Committee of the Red Cross announced on Sunday he sent from Jordan seven trucks loaded with food and medicine to Benghazi.
Ten additional trucks have to leave Wednesday and Friday. The bloody suppression of the revolt has left hundreds dead and forced to flee more than 250 000 people. The Libyan National Oil Company launched Sunday, a call to return to work, saying the oil ports were now "safe" and "operational" and asked foreign companies to resume exports of crude.
Libyan state television said Colonel Gaddafi "was discussed at a meeting with the ambassadors of China, India and Russia the possibility to charge companies from these countries to support the oil industry in Libya." Total company had said Friday that oil production in Libya was increased from 1.4 million to 300,000 barrels per day. 
The front line has shifted further east, the rebel-controlled towns falling one after another at the hands of troops of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who said he was determined to overcome the insurgency despite protests and international sanctions. The Libyan army has indicated, via state television that the soldiers who joined the insurgents will be "pardoned" if they surrendered.
According to Al-Uqaila on the coastal road and the town of Al-Hind, a little farther east, government forces have reached Brega, strategic oil site some 240 km from Benghazi city where the National Council transition created by the opposition. Dozens of rebels fled Brega in vehicles carrying anti-aircraft batteries in the direction of Ajdabiya, communication node 80 kilometers further east.
The insurgent commander, Gen. Abdel Fattah Younis, said Sunday evening qu'Ajdabiya, now the front line, was "a city vital" and would be defended. He also believed that government troops "very stretched" along the coast would experience "serious logistical difficulties." In Benghazi, the second largest city, a thousand miles east of Tripoli, the euphoria of the early weeks of the rebellion gave way to anxiety.
All mobile phone lines were cut, and eyes on the stranger. A nephew of former King Idris I, El-Zubair Ahmed Al-Sanusi, who has spent thirty-one years in the jails of the regime, called "the world to help, to provide all possible support, as quickly as possible. " The international community, however, seemed slow to act.
After meetings of NATO and the European Union that did not reach any concrete decision, a ministerial meeting of the G8 is held Monday in Paris, where France intends to advance the idea of \u200b\u200ba no-fly zone . Saturday, the Arab League has supported such a measure, sought by force with the Libyan opposition, calling on the Security Council to authorize the UN to prevent the bombing and protect civilians.
China and Russia, both permanent members of the Security Council of the UN, have expressed skepticism about the no-fly zone while India, non-permanent member, has expressed his opposition . The International Committee of the Red Cross announced on Sunday he sent from Jordan seven trucks loaded with food and medicine to Benghazi.
Ten additional trucks have to leave Wednesday and Friday. The bloody suppression of the revolt has left hundreds dead and forced to flee more than 250 000 people. The Libyan National Oil Company launched Sunday, a call to return to work, saying the oil ports were now "safe" and "operational" and asked foreign companies to resume exports of crude.
Libyan state television said Colonel Gaddafi "was discussed at a meeting with the ambassadors of China, India and Russia the possibility to charge companies from these countries to support the oil industry in Libya." Total company had said Friday that oil production in Libya was increased from 1.4 million to 300,000 barrels per day.
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