Friday, April 29, 2011

Gaddafi's forces face the Tunisian Army Dehiba

Another scenario of confrontation has been opened in the last few hours in Libya. In a war that gets worse day, troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, against rebels fighting for weeks, have met with the Tunisian army border post Dehiba, with both sides struggling to gain control. The clashes have occurred on both sides of the border, according to two witnesses have said the agency.

Samy, an official of the Youth House Dehiba, said that at least a dozen shells landed on Tunisian territory, near the houses. The population was trapped and a Tunisian woman died. Gaddafi's troops have launched an offensive to regain control and soil Dehiba Tunisian army have faced against Tunisia.

This is not the first attempt of the brigades loyal to the Libyan regime trying to recover this outpost, which was conquered on 14 by insurgents. Gaddafi's army had taken refuge in the day of the Tunisian side. This time, according to a witness, it was the insurgents who went to the neighboring country, being chased by gadafistas "about a mile along." The Tunisian Government has expressed its "concern" about the "dangerous military escalation" that has occurred in the area.

"Given the seriousness of what has happened, the Tunisian authorities have informed the Libyan extreme outrage and calls for action to put an immediate end to these violations of its territorial integrity," he complained in a statement the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Morocco. The heavy fighting in the Libyan border-tuncina have slowed the exodus of refugees who were fleeing the country and now in cross-fire zone, as has alerted the Human Rights High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the UNHCR, he was "very concerned" about the situation. The situation is worse for the rebels besieged Misrata continues and yesterday there were clashes in the area of the airport, where thousands of foreign residents camped out waiting to leave Libya. "We've had twelve dead, including two women," said a doctor from the city.

"The dead were hit by Grad rockets at their homes or the mortars," he added. Tripoli has not lived a quiet night. The NATO planes have returned to bomb the Libyan capital. The attack left at least 12 rebels dead and 40 wounded, as confirmed by the agency Dpa spokesman of the National Transitional Abdulmola Shams el Din.

The Alliance has refused to confirm the news, although several residents have told AFP they saw columns of smoke rise in the district of Ain Zara, in the south east of Tripoli, a regular target of NATO air strikes.

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