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| Nato strikes near Gaddafi's Tripoli compound |
| 2011-05-23 |
| [Emirates 24/7] 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... staged an Libyan officials said the alliance had attacked close to Qadaffy's Bab al-Aziziyah complex, and Rooters Television pictures showed a column of smoke rising over the capital. However, The essential However... there was no immediate word on what the target of the attack was, and news hounds escorted by Libyan officials were unable to get close to the site. NATO says its campaign has crippled Tripoli's ability to attack rebels trying to overthrow Qadaffy and effectively forced the Libyan leader into hiding. Overall the conflict is deadlocked as rebel attempts to advance on Tripoli have stalled. Earlier on Saturday, the Brnieq opposition newspaper reported on its website that shelling of Misrata's eastern and western outskirts damaged houses but no one was hurt. There was no independent confirmation of the attack. Three months into the uprising against Qadaffy's four-decade rule, rebels control the oil-producing east of the country and pockets in the west including the port city of Misrata, where hundreds have died in a siege and weeks of fierce fighting. NATO says its bombing campaign against Qadaffy loyalist forces has helped rebels to consolidate their positions in Misrata,the only western city in rebel hands. The alliance took command of a UN-authorised mission nearly two months ago to stop Qadaffy's forces attacking civilians, and Western governments including the United States, Perfidious Albion and La Belle France are under pressure to show results. NATO said it conducted 157 air sorties on Friday. Its targets included a command-and-control node and an armoured vehicle storage depot near Tripoli, and three surface-to-air missile launchers around Sirte, Qadaffy's hometown. Tripoli calls the rebels criminals and al Qaeda bully boyz and says NATO's bombing is armed aggression by Western nations bent on grabbing Libya's oil. |
| Posted by:Fred |