Showing posts with label Libyan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Libyan. Show all posts

Friday, November 11, 2011

"Intense fighting" in the Libyan oil city

on 17 July 2011, last updated at 20: 19 Libyan rebel fighters drive towards Brega front line, near Ajdabiya, (17 July 2011) -you say there are "street war", in the Brega Libya the rebels rebels say they are fighting against Muammar al-Gaddafi, a city in Eastern Brega troops in residential areas.

Rebel forces have been a factor influencing on Brega for several days, despite heavy artillery fire from Government forces holding the city.

It is not possible to verify claims by the rebels.

The city, one of the largest oil facilities, Libya the invoice would be contrary to the Gaddafin forces in a major breakthrough, say contacts.

BREGA, about 750 kilometers (465 miles) East of the capital, Tripoli, has changed hands several times, fighting against Libya along the Mediterranean coast since the rebellion began in February.

"The News will come from there is is a street in the war, the Al-Gaddafi, and the ongoing rebel forces and troops of 127 wounded in our side," Abdulrahman, a rebel of the transitional period the national Busm Council official, told the Reuters news agency by telephone.

Another rebel spokesman, Mohammed al-Rajaly, told AFP that his forces had liberated the city north-eastern side and were moving against Government forces in the South and the western part.

Reuters reports that Nato aircraft had been targeting pro Gaddafin Breg forces close in recent days, Armoured vehicles and reporting on the hits rocket launchers near the city.

Col al-Gaddafi has refused to step down. Speech on Saturday, he described the rebels as the femur pettu and suggestions, which he had to leave the country will be rejected.

In his speech came a day after the Western and Arab countries, said the rebel leadership was in Libya a legitimate Government, and their demand that the Col al-Gaddafi and his family relinquish power plays.


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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Libyan rebels ' seizure of a border inspection post ',

21 April 2011, last updated at 15: 53 A rebel fires from a rooftop in Misrata, Libya (21 April 2011) Street-you will not fight has been raging between rebels and soldiers besieged the rebels have overrun Misrata in Libya the Tunisian frontier post against Government forces in advance of rare earth in the West, reports say.

Wazin the crossing of the reported abduction follows a tough fight.


The rebels control much of eastern Libya. Fighting also continued in the Western City of Misrata besieged.


United States has said it will begin to use the Predator new xeno Libya Muammar al-Gaddafi in the fight against the troops of the Col.


Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the unmanned aircraft use was approved by President Barack Obama and "the modest share of the" Libyan international efforts.


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced the Government's "vicious attacks" on civilians and said he is disturbed by cluster bombs at civilians reported by troops of the Al-Gaddafi.


The BBC has seen evidence that al-Gaddafi suggests the use of arms, the Col which kill and maim indiscriminately over a large area.


Rebels claim that the debris was found in Misrata bombs but the Libyan Government has denied the charge.


The BBC's Orla Guerin Misrata says, he has seen the bombs themselves.


The doctors told us the contact person of the bombs were still with the horrific injuries lead to innocent civilians, the limbs to lose.


UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the Libyan authorities "to put an end to the people and end the killing."


Speaking during a visit to Moscow, he said, the UN, in order to achieve the priority was to "verifiable and effective-a ceasefire", in order to ensure that humanitarian assistance and political dialogue.


' Defections '


Wazin border post is the link to the city of Nalut, Libya and Tunisia, the main road Dehiba.

Reports say the rebels seized the post on Thursday, more than 100 pro Gaddafin soldiers, fled to Tunisia.

Tunisia's State-Run TAP news agency said, the whole Brigade had defected, including a hall monitor and two of the major currencies.


Libya suppliers in remote areas, restrictions on the means, it is difficult to verify independently any such reports.


"We see the rebels, who control the border crossing, "one witness told the Reuters news agency Dehiba by telephone.


Rebel leader Abu Sitta Shaban told the Associated Press the crossing had been intense of battles with government troops outside the three days of Nalut.


Little information has emerged so far, the West mountainous parts of Libya to combat area is the home of the Berber tribes, who have long opposed the Col al-Gaddafi.


A border inspection post reported the capture could open a new supply route to rebel fighters. "


But the doctor with Tunisia's Red Crescent, said the officials had worried it could also lead to a new wave of refugees into the community from Tunisia.


Tens of thousands of people fled the fighting in the early stages of Tunisia, to create a humanitarian crisis at the border.

Exhausted doctors

Thursday morning saw also continue fighting Misrata. At least three people were reported to have been killed.


Medical sources told the BBC, they believe more than a thousand have been killed there for an indefinite period of time.


Two journalists died Wednesday, mortar attack on the City-Tim Hetherington, British-American filmmaker and photographer Chris Hondros, American.


Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim, said he was "very sad" about them, but always with the accidents of war.


Ukraine is also a medical doctor, died of a heart attack in Misrata, artillery blast Wednesday. The doctor's wife has been injured seriously were informed of the incident.


Doctors Hospital in Misrata, told the BBC, they received more than 100 accidents Wednesday, most of them civilians. The hospital, said five civilians were killed.


One doctor said he and his colleagues had been exhausted, and asked the international community, which was.


The international transfer of said Professional 1,000 farm: farm containing multiple injured migrant workers and the Libyans and the bodies of two of the journalists were due to arrive at the Benghazi-Thursday evening.

Evacuees being taken by ship to Benghazi, Libya (21 April 2011)Misrata is taken on board, the Association of hundreds of rebel-held Benghazi

Inspired by the uprisings, the neighbouring countries of Tunisia and Egypt, Libya and the rebels have fought to Col al-Gaddafi forces after February.


Rebels hold the Benghazi, which is based on the East, much of the Al-Gaddafi, Tripoli and the Col, remains the largest part of the West in the control.


On Wednesday, it rejected the offer of the Government of the latest ceasefire on Wednesday.


The rebels of the National Transitional Council, Abdul Hafeez Ghoga, spokesman said Al-Gaddafi wanted to, Col a ceasefire, because his forces were destroyed by the NATO air strikes.


But Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told the BBC on Thursday that NATO should trust its opinions and challenging them to set up a ceasefire date.


The Foreign Ministry has warned, to have "effects", France, Italy and the UK, which they send military advisers to Benghazi.


In the meantime, Libya as a State TV reported that Nato forces have captured Libyan oil tanker, it describes the "anti-piracy function barbaarisen".


Nato is enforcing the naval blockade as part of the international effort to bring about Libya, preventing arms and mercenaries in the country.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Iranian leader warns West against Libyan intervention (AFP)

MADRID (AFP)-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Western powers Tuesday, as a consequence of the introduction of the black zone or other military operations in Libya.


Ahmadinejad in his judgment, the new Chief Moamer Kadhafi of Libya with responsibility for the bombing in an interview with Spanish television, the opponents of Tehran in their own country.


But he told the European and the United States in the war of the Iraqi and Afghanistan, saying the armed intervention in Libya would make things worse.


"I believe that military intervention would make things even worse. We have experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is not made worse by their things, "Ahmadinejad told the public better television TVE.


You will be asked whether Tehran would support the black zone, he said: "the Western military intervention intends to make the situation more complex. Westerners have cast aside their colonialist intentions. "


The United Nations Security Council will review the plans, while the French and British warplanes to impose a black zone to the Libyan bombing and firing against the rebels.


Kadhafi condemned Ahmadinejad's actions.


"That is not acceptable," he said. "Whoever, within the framework of its own people should have the bombards condemned."


But he called on the United States and the European forces to remain in the region.


"I hope that the Governments of Europe and the United States to intervene in the Affairs of this region and decide on their future in this region of the people," the Iranian leader said.


"If they do not participate in this area I think the issues in this area, for example, the Libyan people, the future of their people to decide," he said.


Ahmadinejad, Tehran was blocked for his own repressed Klimaflüchtlinge.


"Never, never. We never have done so. for 30 years we have had 30 free elections in the past. Every week, I am the streets four hours talking to people, "he said.


When the interviewer asked him of the Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi of fate, he asked whether he had their lawyers.


"Each country are opponents, is the opposition. And it is also the law. If the application for registration, may violate the law? "Iran's President asked.


Iran's Ahmadinejad drew the parallel Klimaflüchtlinge and the Basque armed Separatist group ETA, which is held by more than 800 to more than four decades of violence.


"You can allow these Separatist armed forces of the burning public buildings and hit people in the street? If you want to burn people's homes? If someone makes these atrocities in Spain, in what the judge? The judge look at what they do?


"They burned buildings in the street," he charged. "What the police are going to do with this person? And what the judge is expected to do this? Does not the right to rule in Spain? "

Ahmadinejad accused the Western world's Dictatorships propping up.

"My question is clear: sold 60 billion (dollars) of arms to the countries in this area?" He asked.

"The world, which in the past 50 years has supported dictatorships? Show me one single dictator, that does not support the United States and Europe, "he added.

"Suppose that we can resolve the problem, for example, if the Libyan today, tomorrow is a thousand more problems. Since this is in Europe and the United States as a result of the intervention. "