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Gaddafi forces recapture Ras Lanuf
[Iran Press TV] Forces loyal to beleaguered Libyan ruler Muammar Qadaffy have pushed back Libyan revolutionaries and taken back eastern Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf.

Qadaffy forces recaptured the eastern oil town of Ras Lanuf on Wednesday, forcing the revolutionary forces to flee to the east, AFP reported.

On Tuesday, Qadaffy troops reportedly launched a new attack on the positions of the revolutionary forces in Misratah, the town located some 200 kilometers east of the capital Tripoli.

Representatives from the UN, NATO, the African Union and the vaporous Arab League who attended London conference on Tuesday formed front in order to continue the Western alliance's mission in the country and unanimously agreed that Qadaffy must leave Libya.

The Libyan regime says that at least 114 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and 445 others injured in the campaign of US-led military Arclight airstrikes in Libya since March 20.

Although Qadaffy has sworn to battle the revolutionary forces to the last soldier in his army, his government has admitted that US, French and British Arclight airstrikes in recent days have pushed his forces back to the west.

Before the Arclight airstrikes, authorized under a UN resolution, Qadaffy's tanks had rolled up to the gates of Benghazi.

Now, with the battle being taken towards Tripoli, the revolutionary leaders are formulating a new civilian structure for the country, saying they would begin exporting some of the 130,000 barrels of oil -- Libya's vital export resource -- they are pumping daily to finance their aims.
Posted by: Fred 2011-03-31
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