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Libya Tanks Move In To Crush Rebel Stronghold
 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces are reportedly using tanks and warplanes to attack the rebel-held town of Zawiyah in western Libya.
"No human should go through this... what kind of human would do this to another human?" He added: "This is a completely full attack. Approximately 50 tanks have been bombarding the city, crushing everything in sight. It started at 10am today and still hasn't finished. There are now a couple of aircraft hovering." He said Gaddafi's forces were targeting the town's main square where protesters have gathered. "There are a lot of people there who want freedom, but it seems the price they have to pay is with their own blood," he said. According to other eyewitness reports, the rebels are still in control of the centre of Zawiyah. "Fighting is still going on now. Gaddafi's forces are using tanks. There are also sporadic air strikes," a resident, called Ibrahim, told Reuters news agency. "But they could not reach the centre of the town which is still in the control of the revolutionaries." Rebel forces say they have rejected an offer of negotiations by a representative of Col Gaddafi's regime "seeking to negotiate Gaddafi's exit".
Posted by: Steve White 2011-03-09 |
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