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Tripoli Under Attack
[Tolo News] The Libyan capital, Tripoli, has reportedly come under coalition's air attacks on Saturday.Tajoura has been the main target in the recent days where strong kabooms have been heard. It was earlier announced that the Nato would soon take the lead in Libya operations. Most of the logistics have been on US burden so far, while the UK and La Belle France have also been in the lead. La Belle France and the UK were the first to urge the UN Security to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. The French president even went further by recognising the rebels. As Libyan government forces are pressing the last rebel cities, their artillery and tanks have reportedly come under attack. The rebels are said to be in a stand-off being under threat from government forces. Col Qadaffy has been arming volunteers who are willing to fight against the rebels. Pictures of civilian casualties are randomly shown on the state TV as the coalition forces have so far claimed not to have caused any casualties in their air strikes. The intervention in Libya has also been criticised by leaders and people of some countries including the people in the United States. Turkish officials had earlier said that what the coalition were doing had already gone beyond the UN resolution. Qatar has been the first Arab country to take part in monitoring the no-fly zone over Libya. La Belle France is against the idea to deploy ground forces saying that the illusory sovereignty of Libya must be respected. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-27 |
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