McCain arrives in Libyan rebel stronghold
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/22/libya.war/index.html?hpt=C1
1/ Obama said Thursday that U.S. Predator drones were deployed in the North African nation as part of the NATO-led military efforts there.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, however, that the deployed drones were forced to return due to bad weather.
2/ Unmanned aerial vehicles offer more precise targeting because their low-flying capability allows for better visibility, "particularly on targets now that have started to dig themselves into defensive positions," Gates said.
3/ Large explosions and the sound of jets over Tripoli Thursday night indicated NATO has likely increased the intensity of its airstrikes on Gadhafi's key command and control military sites.
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4/ The alliance has issued a new warning to Libyan civilians to stay away from military areas, foreshadowing plans for attacks on targets seen as strategically significant in stopping the government's attacks against civilians, a NATO military official said Thursday.
5/ The next phase will largely involve increased airstrikes on key Gadhafi command, control and communications sites in and around Tripoli, although targets in other areas could be hit as well, said the official, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.
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6/ After two days of fierce fighting, <b>Libyan rebels were able to take control of a post office building on the main thoroughfare of Tripoli Street, </b>rebel military spokesman Ahmed Bani told CNN Friday.
"This victory is quite important for us, and it shows that we are advancing and we are heading in the right direction," Bani said.
He said some pro-Gadhafi fighters were negotiating for their lives and that the rebels gave them assurances in exchange for a surrender of weapons.
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<b> How gaddafi is forcing students into Fight </b>
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/201141885827731124.html
In a Misurata medical clinic lays one of Gaddafi's fighters. The 19-year-old boy, who does not want his identity revealed, was a student of electrical engineering in Tripoli. When the fighting started and his lessons were cancelled he says he was forced to join Gaddafi's troops.
"We were kept locked in the camp and trained for two weeks and then they took us to the battalion," he explains.
Told only that they would be fighting foreign mercenaries, they were brought to Misurata, he recounts. When they came under heavy fire from the rebels, their officer turned and ran. The boy followed and says his own brigade shot him.
"The instructions were that nobody should go back. I lay on the ground bleeding for one-and-a-half hours," he says.
Breaking into tears, he adds: "I haven't seen my family in more than a month."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/22/libya.war/index.html?hpt=C1
1/ Obama said Thursday that U.S. Predator drones were deployed in the North African nation as part of the NATO-led military efforts there.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, however, that the deployed drones were forced to return due to bad weather.
2/ Unmanned aerial vehicles offer more precise targeting because their low-flying capability allows for better visibility, "particularly on targets now that have started to dig themselves into defensive positions," Gates said.
3/ Large explosions and the sound of jets over Tripoli Thursday night indicated NATO has likely increased the intensity of its airstrikes on Gadhafi's key command and control military sites.
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4/ The alliance has issued a new warning to Libyan civilians to stay away from military areas, foreshadowing plans for attacks on targets seen as strategically significant in stopping the government's attacks against civilians, a NATO military official said Thursday.
5/ The next phase will largely involve increased airstrikes on key Gadhafi command, control and communications sites in and around Tripoli, although targets in other areas could be hit as well, said the official, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.
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6/ After two days of fierce fighting, <b>Libyan rebels were able to take control of a post office building on the main thoroughfare of Tripoli Street, </b>rebel military spokesman Ahmed Bani told CNN Friday.
"This victory is quite important for us, and it shows that we are advancing and we are heading in the right direction," Bani said.
He said some pro-Gadhafi fighters were negotiating for their lives and that the rebels gave them assurances in exchange for a surrender of weapons.
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<b> How gaddafi is forcing students into Fight </b>
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/201141885827731124.html
In a Misurata medical clinic lays one of Gaddafi's fighters. The 19-year-old boy, who does not want his identity revealed, was a student of electrical engineering in Tripoli. When the fighting started and his lessons were cancelled he says he was forced to join Gaddafi's troops.
"We were kept locked in the camp and trained for two weeks and then they took us to the battalion," he explains.
Told only that they would be fighting foreign mercenaries, they were brought to Misurata, he recounts. When they came under heavy fire from the rebels, their officer turned and ran. The boy followed and says his own brigade shot him.
"The instructions were that nobody should go back. I lay on the ground bleeding for one-and-a-half hours," he says.
Breaking into tears, he adds: "I haven't seen my family in more than a month."
