As fighting between rebels and government forces were continuing Saturday, May 7, tribal leaders gathered in Tripoli Libya called for a general amnesty to end the civil war. Such a law "will pave the way for an era of peace and forgiveness," he assured the National Conference of the tribes, after two days of meeting in a huge tent in Tripoli.
The approximately 2,000 tribal leaders, however, described the insurgents as "traitors" and vowed to not "abandon" Colonel Gaddafi. They also called on neighboring tribes cities rebels to launch peaceful and popular works for free these towns by disarming the rebels. " In late April, leaders or representatives of 61 tribes had gathered to hand in Benghazi (is) to show their support for the rebellion.
On the field, if the stalemate continues on the eastern front, fighting resumed in the West, primarily the Tunisian border and Misrata, the great rebel coastal town 200 km east of Tripoli under siege for more than two months. Berber family in the mountains of Tunisia, south-west of Tripoli, fighting broke out again Saturday morning in eastern Zentena, the main town in the region.
The clashes were concentrated in a wooded area where, according to the rebels, fired on pro-Gaddafi Zentena. Hundreds of rebels in pick-up, with chariots or on foot, went on the morning of the city to try to push the pro-Gaddafi. A Misrata, pro-Gaddafi Saturday bombed the port, only link with the world for the inhabitants of the besieged city, and affected several fuel depots, announced at the Benghazi military spokesman of the National Transitional Council (CNT) introduced by the opposition.
NATO announced Saturday it had carried out numerous strikes on the region of Misrata Friday, touching on new passenger vehicles and a military building where snipers were sheltering. According fortii Suleiman, a representative of the CNT Misrata, government troops are now massed in Zliten, about thirty miles west of Misrata.
According to Amnesty International, the headquarters of Misrata could be a war crime. "The intensity of bitter attacks forces Gaddafi to intimidate the people of Misrata for over two months is really appalling," said the NGO. The conflict has left thousands dead, according to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has asked three arrest warrants for crimes against humanity.
The violence has also forced more than half a million people to flee the country. And nearly 50 000 refugees, mostly Berber Libyans, went to Tunisia last month. 
The approximately 2,000 tribal leaders, however, described the insurgents as "traitors" and vowed to not "abandon" Colonel Gaddafi. They also called on neighboring tribes cities rebels to launch peaceful and popular works for free these towns by disarming the rebels. " In late April, leaders or representatives of 61 tribes had gathered to hand in Benghazi (is) to show their support for the rebellion.
On the field, if the stalemate continues on the eastern front, fighting resumed in the West, primarily the Tunisian border and Misrata, the great rebel coastal town 200 km east of Tripoli under siege for more than two months. Berber family in the mountains of Tunisia, south-west of Tripoli, fighting broke out again Saturday morning in eastern Zentena, the main town in the region.
The clashes were concentrated in a wooded area where, according to the rebels, fired on pro-Gaddafi Zentena. Hundreds of rebels in pick-up, with chariots or on foot, went on the morning of the city to try to push the pro-Gaddafi. A Misrata, pro-Gaddafi Saturday bombed the port, only link with the world for the inhabitants of the besieged city, and affected several fuel depots, announced at the Benghazi military spokesman of the National Transitional Council (CNT) introduced by the opposition.
NATO announced Saturday it had carried out numerous strikes on the region of Misrata Friday, touching on new passenger vehicles and a military building where snipers were sheltering. According fortii Suleiman, a representative of the CNT Misrata, government troops are now massed in Zliten, about thirty miles west of Misrata.
According to Amnesty International, the headquarters of Misrata could be a war crime. "The intensity of bitter attacks forces Gaddafi to intimidate the people of Misrata for over two months is really appalling," said the NGO. The conflict has left thousands dead, according to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has asked three arrest warrants for crimes against humanity.
The violence has also forced more than half a million people to flee the country. And nearly 50 000 refugees, mostly Berber Libyans, went to Tunisia last month.
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