Naval units of the Libyan regime of Muammar Gadhafi has undermined the besieged port Libyan town of Misrata, although NATO ships have begun the process of demining, said a military official of the Alliance. "Some ships, which we assume were pro Gadhafi laid mines indiscriminately," said Brigadier Rob Weighill, head of NATO operations in Libya, in a press conference.
The operation was performed this morning by several boats, which were intercepted by NATO naval units after they had placed some mines being cleared, he added. Weighill said he had no further details about the incident, as it is very recent. However, he said it is "another attempt by the Gadhafi regime totally ignore international law to prevent humanitarian aid reaches the people of Misrata." The allied military official said the air strikes the next few days will be concentrated around the cities of Misrata, Zinta (west) and Yebra (near the Tunisian border).
The results of this shift "will be in the coming days," said Weighill, but avoided giving specific details so as not to give clues to gadafistas forces. Yes he said that so far the NATO attacks "have been destroyed or damaged more than 600 targets, including 220 tanks, 70 rocket launcher systems and 200 ammunition depots.
The NATO planes have so far four thousand 242 outlets, of which 766 thousand are related to attacks on ground targets. The 19 ships of the Atlantic Alliance that monitor compliance with the arms embargo on Libya have controlled a total of 706 vessels, of which 21 have been addressed and five deflected from their path, said NATO in a statement.
Weighill emphasized that, while troops loyal to Gadhafi continue to attack the city of Misrata (besieged for two months), they could not conquer but keep their bombing "indiscriminate." He also said that NATO's actions "had a clear impact, since the forces pro Gadhafi" has more problems to address.
" "We are destroying tanks and rocket launchers used to attack the population" and also "have severely degraded its ability to command and control and logistics," noted the British brigadier, who recalled that the campaigns "require time and patience." 
The operation was performed this morning by several boats, which were intercepted by NATO naval units after they had placed some mines being cleared, he added. Weighill said he had no further details about the incident, as it is very recent. However, he said it is "another attempt by the Gadhafi regime totally ignore international law to prevent humanitarian aid reaches the people of Misrata." The allied military official said the air strikes the next few days will be concentrated around the cities of Misrata, Zinta (west) and Yebra (near the Tunisian border).
The results of this shift "will be in the coming days," said Weighill, but avoided giving specific details so as not to give clues to gadafistas forces. Yes he said that so far the NATO attacks "have been destroyed or damaged more than 600 targets, including 220 tanks, 70 rocket launcher systems and 200 ammunition depots.
The NATO planes have so far four thousand 242 outlets, of which 766 thousand are related to attacks on ground targets. The 19 ships of the Atlantic Alliance that monitor compliance with the arms embargo on Libya have controlled a total of 706 vessels, of which 21 have been addressed and five deflected from their path, said NATO in a statement.
Weighill emphasized that, while troops loyal to Gadhafi continue to attack the city of Misrata (besieged for two months), they could not conquer but keep their bombing "indiscriminate." He also said that NATO's actions "had a clear impact, since the forces pro Gadhafi" has more problems to address.
" "We are destroying tanks and rocket launchers used to attack the population" and also "have severely degraded its ability to command and control and logistics," noted the British brigadier, who recalled that the campaigns "require time and patience."
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