Friday, 7 October 2011

Sirte experiencing major attack .. Civilians fleeing the UN warning of retaliation

 The city of Sirte, Libya, the offensive began the great offensive forces of the Transitional Council, where shells were fired heavy artillery on the last stronghold of chief of the forces loyal to the ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, the center of escape for many of them civilians, and warn UN of any reprisals against the population of the city if it fell.
And escalated in the sky of Sirte columns of black smoke in the transitional assembly forces shelled the center of the city with tanks and artillery from their positions east of Sirte. Thousands of civilians have fled the city with the intensification of the fighting, leaving behind the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. And took many of them by surprise attack yesterday and fled in panic amid the sound of explosions around the city.
The Colonel Ahmed Al-Obeidi, one of the leaders of the Transitional National Assembly to the military strikes in all directions a promise to end the task and control of Sirte.
Even the appearance of the printed newspaper troops were not (transition) has taken over the city, where the Libyan authorities issued new instructions to its control of the Sirte quickly.
And made the transition forces trucks loaded with ammunition and artillery batteries along the eastern front of Sirte, which lies 1.2 km from the city center.
In a field hospital at a distance of several kilometers west of Sirte quoted dozens of ambulances, 50 fighters and civilians were at least wounded in the fighting. Most have serious injuries.
Mustafa said the Secretary, a military commander in the transitional assembly, standing on a hill the eastern outskirts of Sirte, which overlooks the city that the snipers are still the main challenge for the government forces. At a checkpoint near the field hospital fighters searched the Transitional Council of dozens of vehicles carrying families fleeing the city. Said Ramadan, the fragments created holes in his car and broke her window, "We did not know that an attack will occur ... I could not sleep there was very heavy shelling. I fear for my children and I had to get them out."
For its part, warned the United Nations from carrying out any reprisals against the population of Sirte in the event fall into the hands of the (transition).
Said Ian Martin, UN special envoy to Libya in a statement, "the Libyan revolution is based on the demand of human rights and dignity." "We urge everyone to respect the calls directed ... (CNT) that he should not carry out any acts of revenge, even against those responsible for war crimes and other serious violations of who should be arrested for bringing them to justice under the necessary legal procedures." The statement said that it must be connected to the message of "fighting a battle now.
At the level not far builder Ahmed, spokesman for the troops (transition) that the defense official, Jalal Degheidy refused participation in the meeting was a meeting in Tripoli with the Ministers of the British and Italian defense, calling for the Transitional National Assembly to investigate this "insult".
Banny said that "the Defense Minister Jalal Degheidy asked us during a meeting with Ministers of Defense and the British and Italian leave the room and told me that you are of no importance to him."
And saw the Builder, who left the meeting angry at the "insult to the Libyan army," stressing that "Alela refrain from any statements to the press that the Transitional National Assembly to investigate this incident."
"The dignity of the dignity of the Libyan army and I am me and me, the rebel army."

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