Sunday, May 8, 2011

Gadhafi troops continued their offensive on all fronts in Libya

.- The troops of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to, today continued its offensive on all fronts in the war in Libya, according to the Qatari television network Al Jazeera, while NATO bombed several targets in different parts of the country. The regime's forces on Saturday launched an attack against the city of Yalu, in the desert south of Libya, whose control is disputed for several days the rebels and troops of Gadhafi, said the source.

For its part, Abdelhafid Ghoga, vice president of National Transitional Council (CNT), the highest governing body of the insurgents, said Yalu and other oases in the southeast region "are with the revolution" and remain in the hands of insurgents, while government troops have repeatedly tried to capture them.

Ghoga reported Saturday on the use of helicopters by Gadhafi forces in the city of Misrata, later confirmed by NATO, which violates the area of "fly" imposed on Libya by the UN resolution 1973. Likewise, the rebels said, both the Army formed in the east of Libya as civilians, who have taken up arms, have the ability to fight on all fronts in Libya.

Meanwhile, Libyan state television said today that NATO conducted raids on Saturday in various parts of the country. According to state television "Jamahiriya", NATO attacked targets in the towns of Yefren and Al Hera, in the west, and in Misrata, only major city in the hands of the rebels in the west of the country.

NATO planes also attacked positions near the town gadhafistas Zinta, Al Jazeera said today, without elaborating. In the political field, the CNT is expected to announce today the renovation and expansion of his cabinet crisis, created to meet the war situation, and that will be 14 members, according Ghoga.

The crisis cabinet is headed by Mahmoud Jibril, representative of the CNT to the international community and "prime minister" in office due to exceptional circumstances.

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