"Measured is free," announced a spokesman for the rebels. As recounted by a Libyan soldier wounded and captured by insurgents, Muammar Gaddafi today's army would leave the city besieged and bombarded for months. "Yesterday we were told to withdraw," he told Reuters at the soldier, Khaled Dorman, lying on the back of a pick up after being taken to a local hospital.
In the clashes, 25 p eople have died and hundreds were injured. The news of the retreat of militia confirms what was said yesterday by Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim, that the government troops, under pressure from NATO air strikes, could withdraw from Measured and local tribes to leave the task to deal with insurgents and " end, by hook or by crook, "the conflict in the rebellious city.
In the clashes, 25 p eople have died and hundreds were injured. The news of the retreat of militia confirms what was said yesterday by Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim, that the government troops, under pressure from NATO air strikes, could withdraw from Measured and local tribes to leave the task to deal with insurgents and " end, by hook or by crook, "the conflict in the rebellious city.
