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Sat, 03/05/2011 - 07:57
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Battalions loyal to Gaddafi suppress demonstrations in Tripoli
BEIRUT (Itar-Tass) - Battalions loyal to Colonel Gaddafi on
Friday suppressed demonstrations in Tripoli, which, according to different
estimates, had gathered hundreds of protesters. According to various
sources, 70 to 150 demonstrators were arrested. Corpses have been removed
from the streets, and the wounded taken hostage. This is the net outcome
of the marches and rallies of solidarity with the "February 17
Revolution," which opponents of the regime dared hold in several
neighborhoods of Tripoli.
On the streets of Zawia fighting continues after massive gun and
mortar fire on that city, located 50 kilometers away from the capital. The
number of deaths, say medical sources, has exceeded 45, and at least
people were 350 wounded, among them women and children. Government
television has reported "restoration of the authority of the revolutionary
people's committees in the city and the defeat of terrorists." Meanwhile,
the rebels are reported to have continued resistance. Battles are also in
progress in neighboring Sabratha and Misurata, where the militias are
gaining the upper hand.
In the east of Libya, the armed forces of the Transitional National
Council (TNC), under former Interior Minister General Abdel Fattah Younis,
have established control of the important port of Ras Lanuf in the Gulf of
Sirte. At the same time government officials have declared the seizure of
Ras Lanuf by Gaddafi forces.
Militias in Marsa Brega, Ajdabiya and Al-Akila (west and south of
Benghazi) have successfully repelled counterattacks by African mercenaries
from the "black squadrons". It is reported that anti-aircraft gunners this
time did not allow Libyan air force fighter jets to attack depots of
munitions at military bases that have fallen into the hands of the
insurgents and other key facilities.
TNC leader, Sheikh Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, said in the Friday sermon in
the central square in the town of El-Beida the rebel forces were
determined "to move to the west of the country to bring freedom to their
brothers."
"Victory or death, we will not stop until we have liberated the whole
country," he said.
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Friday suppressed demonstrations in Tripoli, which, according to different
estimates, had gathered hundreds of protesters. According to various
sources, 70 to 150 demonstrators were arrested. Corpses have been removed
from the streets, and the wounded taken hostage. This is the net outcome
of the marches and rallies of solidarity with the "February 17
Revolution," which opponents of the regime dared hold in several
neighborhoods of Tripoli.
On the streets of Zawia fighting continues after massive gun and
mortar fire on that city, located 50 kilometers away from the capital. The
number of deaths, say medical sources, has exceeded 45, and at least
people were 350 wounded, among them women and children. Government
television has reported "restoration of the authority of the revolutionary
people's committees in the city and the defeat of terrorists." Meanwhile,
the rebels are reported to have continued resistance. Battles are also in
progress in neighboring Sabratha and Misurata, where the militias are
gaining the upper hand.
In the east of Libya, the armed forces of the Transitional National
Council (TNC), under former Interior Minister General Abdel Fattah Younis,
have established control of the important port of Ras Lanuf in the Gulf of
Sirte. At the same time government officials have declared the seizure of
Ras Lanuf by Gaddafi forces.
Militias in Marsa Brega, Ajdabiya and Al-Akila (west and south of
Benghazi) have successfully repelled counterattacks by African mercenaries
from the "black squadrons". It is reported that anti-aircraft gunners this
time did not allow Libyan air force fighter jets to attack depots of
munitions at military bases that have fallen into the hands of the
insurgents and other key facilities.
TNC leader, Sheikh Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, said in the Friday sermon in
the central square in the town of El-Beida the rebel forces were
determined "to move to the west of the country to bring freedom to their
brothers."
"Victory or death, we will not stop until we have liberated the whole
country," he said.
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