NATO launched the night of Thursday to Friday a new wave of air raids on Tripoli. The regime has issued Thursday an offer of cease-fire greeted with more skepticism by Western countries supporting the insurgency that Libyan forces bombed Misrata with unparalleled vigor for several days. For the fourth consecutive night, several loud explosions resounded in the capital and a column of smoke rose above the Bab Al-Aziziah, the complex of Muammar Gaddafi.
The area of Bab Al-Aziziyah had already been the target of NATO raids on the night of Monday to Tuesday and Tuesday night. These bombings had killed three people and wounding 150 others, according to the plan. NATO orders military action initiated on March 19 after a green light from the UN to protect people.
It justifies its regular bombing of Tripoli by its desire to destroy the command centers of the forces of Muammar Gaddafi. Western countries believe that military and diplomatic pressure gradually weakens the grip of the dictator, faced since mid-February in an insurgency is part of the country.
A Misrata, scene of fighting among the fiercest since the conflict began, the insurgents said a mortar bombardment of the loyalist forces had killed three of their own Thursday. At a press conference in this city in western Libya, a member of the military council of the insurgents on the spot said that rebel forces had advanced four miles to the west on Thursday and destroyed arms depots of Loyalist forces before retreating to their starting line on the outskirts of Misrata.
Despite the apparent impasse on the ground, insurgents controlling only the east of Libya around their stronghold of Benghazi and a few pockets in the west, the feeling of Western countries is that "the regime feels the pressure and begins to crack, "it was said of British diplomatic source.
According to these sources, the commanders of the loyalist forces have stopped using their phones for fear of being bugged. The European Union announced Thursday that the Libyan ambassador to the EU, Al Hadi Hadeiba had defected. The G8 considers that the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has "lost all legitimacy" and that "he must go," according to a new draft final declaration of the summit of Deauville on Friday.
"It is clear that Gaddafi and his regime continued to commit serious crimes against the Libyan people. Gaddafi has lost all legitimacy. He must go," according to this new text prepared by the staff of Heads of State and Government of G8 and to be submitted for approval Friday. If the declaration is adopted by the leaders, it will mean that Russia was determined to call the Libyan leader initially.
"We agreed that implementation of the UN mandate for the protection of Libyan civilians can not be completed until Gaddafi (...) directs its forces against civilians without protection," said Bush. "We are determined to finish this work." The French president had earlier confirmed that Muammar Gaddafi had to leave and that the Libyans had the right to democracy. 
The area of Bab Al-Aziziyah had already been the target of NATO raids on the night of Monday to Tuesday and Tuesday night. These bombings had killed three people and wounding 150 others, according to the plan. NATO orders military action initiated on March 19 after a green light from the UN to protect people.
It justifies its regular bombing of Tripoli by its desire to destroy the command centers of the forces of Muammar Gaddafi. Western countries believe that military and diplomatic pressure gradually weakens the grip of the dictator, faced since mid-February in an insurgency is part of the country.
A Misrata, scene of fighting among the fiercest since the conflict began, the insurgents said a mortar bombardment of the loyalist forces had killed three of their own Thursday. At a press conference in this city in western Libya, a member of the military council of the insurgents on the spot said that rebel forces had advanced four miles to the west on Thursday and destroyed arms depots of Loyalist forces before retreating to their starting line on the outskirts of Misrata.
Despite the apparent impasse on the ground, insurgents controlling only the east of Libya around their stronghold of Benghazi and a few pockets in the west, the feeling of Western countries is that "the regime feels the pressure and begins to crack, "it was said of British diplomatic source.
According to these sources, the commanders of the loyalist forces have stopped using their phones for fear of being bugged. The European Union announced Thursday that the Libyan ambassador to the EU, Al Hadi Hadeiba had defected. The G8 considers that the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has "lost all legitimacy" and that "he must go," according to a new draft final declaration of the summit of Deauville on Friday.
"It is clear that Gaddafi and his regime continued to commit serious crimes against the Libyan people. Gaddafi has lost all legitimacy. He must go," according to this new text prepared by the staff of Heads of State and Government of G8 and to be submitted for approval Friday. If the declaration is adopted by the leaders, it will mean that Russia was determined to call the Libyan leader initially.
"We agreed that implementation of the UN mandate for the protection of Libyan civilians can not be completed until Gaddafi (...) directs its forces against civilians without protection," said Bush. "We are determined to finish this work." The French president had earlier confirmed that Muammar Gaddafi had to leave and that the Libyans had the right to democracy.
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