Representatives of twenty-five cities under the control of Libyan Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces have pledged allegiance to the rebellion at a meeting Monday in Abu Dhabi. The seventy people representing the communities of the west, the center - which Tripoli - and south of Libya and the tribes of these regions held in the UAE capital's first "conference of regional assemblies" of Libya and "proclaimed their allegiance to the National Transitional Council (CNT)," political arm of the rebellion Jamahiriya.
"We are committed to intensify the struggle to liberate our regions," said Ali Zeidan, one of the participants, mostly from areas controlled by forces of Colonel Gaddafi. Participants at the meeting must then travel to Qatar and then win Benghazi, a stronghold of the rebellion this week to meet with leaders of the NLC, "he said.
The rallying of those persons who claim to represent "regional assemblies" created after the start of the revolt in mid-February, "will consolidate the unity of the Libyan tribes and regions", said an official speaking on condition of CNT covered of anonymity. The Libyan conflict has already killed thousands, as the prosecutor International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
And more than half a million people, mostly foreign workers have fled the country since mid-February. While the city is still besieged by government forces, heavy fighting resumed, Sunday, May 8, near Misrata, rebel town in Western Libya. The rebels of Benghazi in the east, waiting for their promised arms from Italy.
The fighting is taking place west of Misrata, large coastal town 200 km east of Tripoli, in the resort of Bourgueya. In the harbor, a huge column of black smoke emanated fuel depots still burning after a bombing Saturday morning. A Grad rocket had hit one of the diesel tanks near the harbor, and the fire spread to neighboring deposits.
For fear of shortages, queues began to form before the gas stations. The Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said Sunday that "the game is over" for the Libyan leader, despite the stalemate in the conflict between his forces and insurgents supported by the air operation of the NATO.
But Rasmussen also said the conflict that has lasted nearly two months, to be resolved by political means, not military. "The party is over for Gaddafi. He should make it sooner rather than later that there is no future for him or his regime," said the NATO official at the U.S. television network CNN .
"His time is running out. It is increasingly isolated," he said. On the night of Thursday to Friday, a helicopter forces Gaddafi has launched at least 26 mines, equipped with parachutes that landed on the entry and the docks. The rebels blew most of them. NATO confirmed on Saturday that a helicopter had violated the no-fly zone Thursday, but did not explain why his forces, responsible for enforcing this area had not intervened.
In the west of Tripoli, two loud explosions were also sounded Sunday after an overview of the Libyan capital by NATO aircraft, witnesses said. The blasts, very violent, were heard in mid-afternoon. It was not immediately possible to specify what targets were set. Was quiet, however, on the border with Tunisia after the fighting between Saturday, a dozen kilometers from the border post Dehiba (Tunisia), rebel forces and loyalists.
Six shells fell in Tunisia without causing casualties or damage, but have angered the authorities. Tunis assured he would take the "necessary" to "preserve the integrity of its territory." In Benghazi, the vice-president of the National Transition Council, political arm of the rebellion, Abdel Hafiz Ghoga said Saturday that Italy would supply arms to the rebels.
"We will receive them very soon," he was glad. In Rome, sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Italy would provide "materials for self-defense" to the rebels, under resolution 1973 Security Council of the UN, which requires however a arms embargo. The rebels claim regular weapons to deal with government forces they are fighting since mid-February. 
"We are committed to intensify the struggle to liberate our regions," said Ali Zeidan, one of the participants, mostly from areas controlled by forces of Colonel Gaddafi. Participants at the meeting must then travel to Qatar and then win Benghazi, a stronghold of the rebellion this week to meet with leaders of the NLC, "he said.
The rallying of those persons who claim to represent "regional assemblies" created after the start of the revolt in mid-February, "will consolidate the unity of the Libyan tribes and regions", said an official speaking on condition of CNT covered of anonymity. The Libyan conflict has already killed thousands, as the prosecutor International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
And more than half a million people, mostly foreign workers have fled the country since mid-February. While the city is still besieged by government forces, heavy fighting resumed, Sunday, May 8, near Misrata, rebel town in Western Libya. The rebels of Benghazi in the east, waiting for their promised arms from Italy.
The fighting is taking place west of Misrata, large coastal town 200 km east of Tripoli, in the resort of Bourgueya. In the harbor, a huge column of black smoke emanated fuel depots still burning after a bombing Saturday morning. A Grad rocket had hit one of the diesel tanks near the harbor, and the fire spread to neighboring deposits.
For fear of shortages, queues began to form before the gas stations. The Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said Sunday that "the game is over" for the Libyan leader, despite the stalemate in the conflict between his forces and insurgents supported by the air operation of the NATO.
But Rasmussen also said the conflict that has lasted nearly two months, to be resolved by political means, not military. "The party is over for Gaddafi. He should make it sooner rather than later that there is no future for him or his regime," said the NATO official at the U.S. television network CNN .
"His time is running out. It is increasingly isolated," he said. On the night of Thursday to Friday, a helicopter forces Gaddafi has launched at least 26 mines, equipped with parachutes that landed on the entry and the docks. The rebels blew most of them. NATO confirmed on Saturday that a helicopter had violated the no-fly zone Thursday, but did not explain why his forces, responsible for enforcing this area had not intervened.
In the west of Tripoli, two loud explosions were also sounded Sunday after an overview of the Libyan capital by NATO aircraft, witnesses said. The blasts, very violent, were heard in mid-afternoon. It was not immediately possible to specify what targets were set. Was quiet, however, on the border with Tunisia after the fighting between Saturday, a dozen kilometers from the border post Dehiba (Tunisia), rebel forces and loyalists.
Six shells fell in Tunisia without causing casualties or damage, but have angered the authorities. Tunis assured he would take the "necessary" to "preserve the integrity of its territory." In Benghazi, the vice-president of the National Transition Council, political arm of the rebellion, Abdel Hafiz Ghoga said Saturday that Italy would supply arms to the rebels.
"We will receive them very soon," he was glad. In Rome, sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Italy would provide "materials for self-defense" to the rebels, under resolution 1973 Security Council of the UN, which requires however a arms embargo. The rebels claim regular weapons to deal with government forces they are fighting since mid-February.
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