LIBYA: Farmer loses sheep and goats when Muammar Gaddafi's forces shell Misrata

Record ID: 353357

  • Title: LIBYA: Farmer loses sheep and goats when Muammar Gaddafi's forces shell Misrata
  • Date: 23rd June 2011
  • Summary: MISRATA, LIBYA (JUNE 22, 2011) (REUTERS) MEN OUTSIDE DAMAGED BUILDING VARIOUS OF DEAD SHEEP AND GOATS ON THE GROUND MAN STANDING NEAR DEAD ANIMALS LIVE GOAT SITTING IN THE SHADE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RAMADAN JABER, SAYING "Around 12:30 today, the rocket landed here in the sheep place. Gaddafi does not care, he sends rockets." VARIOUS OF LOCAL PEOPLE THROWING DEAD ANI
  • Embargoed: 8th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVA8XR025KCUG22W5MSOV3F5FXHC
  • Story Text: Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi landed rockets in the centre of the rebel stronghold of Misrata on Wednesday (June 22) for the first time in several weeks. No one was reported hurt by the strike, but it undermined a relative sense of security among residents who believed that a siege on the city had been broken last month.
    Local man Ramadan Jaber lost several sheep and goats in the attack. He called on the international community to do more to protect Libyan civilians.
    "We call those in the world who took the decision to protect civilians, we need them to implement the decision. Now civilians are not safe, since 15 days ago we have been receiving rockets every day in Misrata, especially in al Aqeed, Zarrub and al Habarra. Everywhere, in all areas, every day we receive rockets," he said.
    Four months into the uprising, and three months since NATO war planes joined their fight to topple Gaddafi, the rebels are making only slow gains in their march on the capital Tripoli.
    NATO and the rebels hope that Gaddafi's diplomatic and economic isolation will eventually bring his government down. Exports of oil have ceased, depriving Gaddafi's government of the funds it used during peacetime to provide the population with heavily subsidised food and fuel. Petrol queues in Gaddafi-held areas now stretch for miles.
    Rebels drove loyalist forces out of the third-biggest city Misrata in mid-May and are using it as a base for an advance westwards on Tripoli. Gaddafi forces' ability to hit it with shells early on Wednesday is a setback in a city that had experienced relative calm after months of siege and fighting.
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