LIBYA: NATO air strikes continue

Record ID: 339764

  • Title: LIBYA: NATO air strikes continue
  • Date: 11th June 2011
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (JUNE 10, 2011) (REUTERS) TRIPOLI NIGHT SKY/AUDIO OF JET AIRCRAFT PASSING OVERHEAD/FLASH FROM EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE, FOLLOWED BY AUDIO OF THE THUD OF DETONATION NIGHT SKY TRAFFIC ON MAIN THOROUGHFARE AT SAME LOCATION IN TRIPOLI TRIPOLI NIGHT SKY/AUDIO OF JET AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY THUD OF DETONATION LIGHTS IN SKY, LIKELY AIRCRAFT ANTI-MISSILE FLARES
  • Embargoed: 26th June 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVA9GSNFXLQ6BBW316GUQWUQII9M
  • Story Text: The sounds of another NATO air strike were heard early on Friday (June 10) in the Libyan capital Tripoli, soon after Western and Arab powers promised more than one billion dollars (USD) to help Libyan rebels fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule.
    Libyan state media said NATO warplanes had also pummelled a town west of Tripoli.
    The 22-nation Libya contact group that includes The United States, France and Britain as well as Arab states such as Qatar and the UAE, met in Abu Dhabi on Thursday (June 9) to press the rebels to give a detailed plan on how they would run the country if Gaddafi stood down or was toppled.
    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said talks were under way with people close to Gaddafi that had raised the "potential" for a transition of power, without giving details.
    Libyan state television reported on Thursday that the NATO-led military alliance had hit civilian and military targets in the town of Zuwarah, 120 km west of the capital Tripoli after earlier resuming strikes in the capital following the heaviest day of bombings since March.
    Rebels said pro-Gaddafi forces shelled their positions in the Western Mountains region on Thursday night, adding NATO had not been doing enough to confront the renewed attacks.
    Rebels in Misrata said shelling had also resumed after a "major advance" from Gaddafi loyalists on Wednesday (June 8). A NATO official earlier played down the reports of government advances.
    NATO says the bombing aims to protect civilians from the Libyan military, which crushed popular protests in February.
    Gaddafi troops and the rebels have been deadlocked for weeks between the eastern towns of Ajdabiyah and the Gaddafi-held oil town of Brega. Rebels also control the western city of Misrata and the range of Western Mountains near the border with Tunisia.
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