The forces pro-Gaddafi attacked Tuesday, April 26 Port Misrata, while the rebels were assured that the Libyan leader was entering "a lost battle." Around 13 h 30 (Tripoli time), several Grad rockets hit the port and 12 km east of Misrata, only link with the outside world for this great coastal city 200 km east of the capital, which forces pro-Gaddafi cut all access roads.
A ship of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), came to continue the evacuation of thousands of Africans stranded in the city, had to depart at 2 km off for security reasons. According to the rebels, he left the port at the request of NATO. On Monday, Washington had estimated that 2,000 African migrants were still waiting on the port.
"Many refugees were injured by the bombing. There may be dead, we have no details yet," said Abu DrKhalid Falra, a doctor in the main city hospital. NATO planes flew over the city, where explosions were also heard apart after a lull of twenty-four hours. Witnesses said they have made at least one hit.
Misrata has experienced in recent days of heavy fighting in which rebel soldiers have pushed the pro-Qaddafi on the outskirts of the city. Explosions and fighting have left dozens dead and hundreds wounded since Friday. "Misrata is the key to Tripoli. If [Qadhafi] Misrata leaves, he will leave Tripoli.
He is not crazy enough to do that ", warned Monday the military spokesman Transitional National Council (TNC) in opposition to Benghazi (East), Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani." I am sure that It is currently consolidating its strengths and he will try to attack with more power, but I'm also sure that it will be harder for him than before ", for his part said another spokesman CNT, Jalal Al-Gallali.
According to him, Colonel Qaddafi has embarked on a "lost battle" because the rebels are more numerous, "better equipped, trained and organized, and more determined than ever". "Coupled with the greater effectiveness of NATO that for [Qaddafi], it will be increasingly hard, if not impossible to win, "he added.
In Tripoli, the target of raids since Friday intensive NATO Five explosions rocked Monday night east of the capital, according to witnesses who were not able to specify the sites covered. In the night from Sunday to Monday, the office of Muammar Gaddafi, located in its vast home Tripoli, had been totally destroyed by a NATO strike.
The raid left three dead and 45 wounded, according to the spokesman of the regime, Ibrahim Moussa. The Libyan television has broadcast pictures of Mr. Qaddafi, apparently relaxed , receiving dignitaries of the regime in his tent at his residence. A television illumination indicated that they had been shot Monday, but it was not possible to confirm this. 
A ship of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), came to continue the evacuation of thousands of Africans stranded in the city, had to depart at 2 km off for security reasons. According to the rebels, he left the port at the request of NATO. On Monday, Washington had estimated that 2,000 African migrants were still waiting on the port.
"Many refugees were injured by the bombing. There may be dead, we have no details yet," said Abu DrKhalid Falra, a doctor in the main city hospital. NATO planes flew over the city, where explosions were also heard apart after a lull of twenty-four hours. Witnesses said they have made at least one hit.
Misrata has experienced in recent days of heavy fighting in which rebel soldiers have pushed the pro-Qaddafi on the outskirts of the city. Explosions and fighting have left dozens dead and hundreds wounded since Friday. "Misrata is the key to Tripoli. If [Qadhafi] Misrata leaves, he will leave Tripoli.
He is not crazy enough to do that ", warned Monday the military spokesman Transitional National Council (TNC) in opposition to Benghazi (East), Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani." I am sure that It is currently consolidating its strengths and he will try to attack with more power, but I'm also sure that it will be harder for him than before ", for his part said another spokesman CNT, Jalal Al-Gallali.
According to him, Colonel Qaddafi has embarked on a "lost battle" because the rebels are more numerous, "better equipped, trained and organized, and more determined than ever". "Coupled with the greater effectiveness of NATO that for [Qaddafi], it will be increasingly hard, if not impossible to win, "he added.
In Tripoli, the target of raids since Friday intensive NATO Five explosions rocked Monday night east of the capital, according to witnesses who were not able to specify the sites covered. In the night from Sunday to Monday, the office of Muammar Gaddafi, located in its vast home Tripoli, had been totally destroyed by a NATO strike.
The raid left three dead and 45 wounded, according to the spokesman of the regime, Ibrahim Moussa. The Libyan television has broadcast pictures of Mr. Qaddafi, apparently relaxed , receiving dignitaries of the regime in his tent at his residence. A television illumination indicated that they had been shot Monday, but it was not possible to confirm this.
- Heavy fighting kills 10 in Libya's Misrata: doctor - AFP (23/04/2011)
- Hundreds dead, bodies in the streets and a city reduced to rubble: Full horror of Misrata siege finally emerges (27/04/2011)
- Kadhafi forces sweep through Misrata - AFP (29/03/2011)
- Some 2,000 foreigners seek to flee Libyan town: US (26/04/2011)
- Idea Kadhafi will step down 'ridiculous,' says son (12/04/2011)
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