.- A rebel official said Saturday that Libyan forces advanced to reach a strategic oil town after a four-day retreat. Hassy Colonel Hamid said that after fighting against government forces, rebels are now near oil installations in Brega. He added that the rebels have brought engineers to repair any damage that they have the refinery and terminal in advance to have gone from one group to another at least a dozen times since the start of each month and a half ago.
Advanced Hassy attributed to the result of several days of attacks Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has weakened the forces of Moammar Gadhafi. On Friday, Gadhafi troops launched a powerful attack with tanks and missiles in Misrata, the last major city held by rebels in western Libya, prompting residents to flee to safer areas that remain outside the scope of the leader Libyan witnesses said.
Misrata has become an emblem of the limits of NATO's air campaign, whose senior commander said he needs more equipment for precision air strikes to avoid civilian casualties during urban combat. For his part, President Barack Obama acknowledged in an interview that the armed civil strife reached an impasse after two months.
The fighting on Friday in Mistrato that happened while the foreign ministers of NATO met in Berlin to discuss the issue of Libya's military campaign in highlighting the concerns of the rebels on whether international intervention will prove quick and effective. "Time is critical, especially for people in the west the country, especially in Mistrato "said Mustafa Gheriani, a spokesman for the rebels, who seized much of eastern Libya at the beginning of the war. 
Advanced Hassy attributed to the result of several days of attacks Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has weakened the forces of Moammar Gadhafi. On Friday, Gadhafi troops launched a powerful attack with tanks and missiles in Misrata, the last major city held by rebels in western Libya, prompting residents to flee to safer areas that remain outside the scope of the leader Libyan witnesses said.
Misrata has become an emblem of the limits of NATO's air campaign, whose senior commander said he needs more equipment for precision air strikes to avoid civilian casualties during urban combat. For his part, President Barack Obama acknowledged in an interview that the armed civil strife reached an impasse after two months.
The fighting on Friday in Mistrato that happened while the foreign ministers of NATO met in Berlin to discuss the issue of Libya's military campaign in highlighting the concerns of the rebels on whether international intervention will prove quick and effective. "Time is critical, especially for people in the west the country, especially in Mistrato "said Mustafa Gheriani, a spokesman for the rebels, who seized much of eastern Libya at the beginning of the war.
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