Friday, March 4, 2011

The rebels again bombing Brega: "Victory or death, now in Tripoli"

ROME - Forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's bombed again the oil terminal of Brega, the city east of the country controlled by insurgents. This was announced by the TV station Al Arabiya. Continue, then, the military counter-offensive of the troops of Colonel in Cyrenaica, where he is being the battle for oil wells.

Yesterday's opponents rejected an air raid at Brega and was also attacked Ajdabya. This while international diplomacy intensifies the pressure on Qadhafi and President of the United States Barack Obama has issued an ultimatum to Nasser: "You must go - he said - We are ready for military intervention." Demonstration in Tripoli.

Hundreds of anti-regime demonstrators took to the streets in the neighborhood of Tajoura in Tripoli. The theater district is the beginning of the revolt of many violent incidents that have caused great losses to both factions. The police fired tear gas and heard the shots and the crowd dispersed.

Fourteen off-road trapostano men of the security forces arrived at the place of the event. "They fired tear gas. I heard shots. The crowd runs from all parties," said a Reuters reporter. Clashes also erupted in Tripoli's Green Square. According to the tv 'al-Arabiya', you are dealing with some real combat supporters of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his opponents.

About 20 truckloads of security agents were seen heading to the area to quell the clashes. Censorship. The Libyan authorities have blocked a group of foreign journalists in a hotel in the capital to prevent protests tell. Rixos Hotel is located approximately 130 journalists, invited by the Libyan government, and whose movements are closely monitored, however.

When the group of reporters, including those of Reuters, they tried to leave the hotel, located just south of downtown Tripoli, some guards blocked their way. A spokesman for the Libyan government, Mussa Ibrahim, said that journalists are kept inside the Rixos, because their presence could spark further violence by those he described as "members" of Al Qaeda.

The rebels do not surrender. "Victory or death ... we will not stop until we have liberated this country," said the rebel leader of the Council of Libyans Abdel Jalil, speaking to his supporters in Al Bayda in Cyrenaica. Jalil has warned against the infiltration of supporters of Colonel Gaddafi in the ranks of the insurgents.

The crowd responded to the words of Jalil shouting the slogan: "The next battle in Tripoli." Saif claims bombs. The choice of Brega bombing was claimed by Saif al-Islam as an indispensable move stragegica. In an interview with Sky News, the second son of Muammar Gaddafi said that the attack was launched to "force" the rebels to retreat.

"The bombs are only used to force them to retire - he explained - There is no town there, the city of Brega is miles away. I'm talking about the port, the oil refinery," said Saif, stressing that the regime will do everything to regain control of the refinery. "It 's hub for Libyan oil and gas - he added - we all eat and live with Brega.

Without Brega, six million people have no future, because we export all our oil from there." "No one will allow you to control militants Brega - he concluded - it is as if you permetteste people to control the port of Rotterdam." Killed a British citizen. Meanwhile, the Foreign Office launched "urgent investigation" to shed light on the alleged death of a citizen with dual nationality Libyan-British victim of a previous attack on Brega.

The victim, according to The Manchester Evening News would Attghdi Khaled, a father of seven children living in Whalley Range, Manchester Measured in the region under attack. Other air attacks by government forces are under way today, according to messages sent via Twitter to the site of Al Jazeera online, in Misurata, east of Tripoli city in the hands of insurgents.

According to an sms, the bombings are focusing on the southern part of Misurata, Libya's third largest city. "The fighter jets are hitting civilians, my family they are feeling" is written in a message. Fights are also reported to Ajdabiya doce troops loyal to Gaddafi launched an airstrike against insurgents antiregime near a military base west of the city controlled by insurgents, but caused no casualties.

Was reported dissidents are the same. A correspondent of France Press has revealed that the pro-government forces attacked the barracks "is full of ammunition, antitank rockets, bazookas and rocket launchers." The plight of refugees. Remains high while the alarm about the humanitarian situation.

The UN Agency for Refugees has warned that troops loyal to Gaddafi, arrayed along the Tunisian border, are keeping the border crossing by citizens fleeing antiregime addressed. "Normally, every day between 10,000 and 15,000 people fled to Tunisia from Libya, and yesterday a little less than 2,000 Libyans have crossed the border," said UNHCR spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming, adding that at present the border " is manned by pro-government forces.

" According to estimates by the regional Red Cross, February 20, "nearly 100,000 people fleeing violence through the Libyan Tunisian-Libyan border."

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