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Libya: 35 pro-Gaddafi killed near Ajdabiya
[Ennahar] At least 35 members of the forces loyal to Libyan leader  Muammar Qadaffy... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ... were killed near Ajdabiya in the east, Saturday and Sunday, according to the rebels who have reclaimed the city after heavy fighting. ... as opposed to the more usual light or sporadic fighting... More than a dozen burned pickups, equipped with heavy machine guns by the pro-Qadaffy, lying on the front line between the east of the city, which was held by the rebels, and west, where were positioned pro-Qadaffy, according to an AFP journalist. Many bodies buried in the western suburbs of the city were burned and rendered unrecognizable. NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... has conducted raids this weekend in support of the rebels to repel attacks by loyal forces in Ajdabiya, 160 km south of Benghazi, the stronghold of the rebels. "We found a total of 35 bodies, there may be two or three more, reduced to ashes in the burned vehicles," said Jadallah Mouftah, 63, who attends the funeral of the last bodies. "They launched a surprise attack against us but the (NATO) aircraft have emerged," said a rebel, Saleh Hassan Farez. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-12 |
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