Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Libya: Bombardment versus air strikes (Foto-Gallery)

Libyan government forces bombarded a residential area outside Misrata on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the rebels are trying to maintain their grip on the city in the face of a fierce onslaught.
Fighting in the port city of Misrata has ebbed and flowed over the past few weeks but rebels gained ground after they broke through a frontline and consolidated their position west of the city.
The latest progress has increased prospects that the siege of Misrata by the government forces can be broken.



The opposition says they have also made gains near the eastern town of Ajdabiyah and are hopeful that accelerated attacks by NATO would enable them to further capitalize on some of their biggest advances in weeks.
On Tuesday, NATO carried out missile strikes against a government command and control facility in downtown Tripoli. NATO says all the targets are military ones, and denies that it was targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Libyan officials said NATO's overnight air strikes in the Tripoli area wounded four children, two seriously, due to flying glass caused by blasts.

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