Oorlog in Libië #93: De slag om Tripoli laat niet lang op zich wachten

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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 19:21 schreef yavanna het volgende:
Verslag van de journo trip naar Misrata, incl 'spontane' pro Gaddafi demo.

NicRobertsonCNN

Setting off in big blue bus on govt-organized trip to #Misrata; drive should take couple hours. About 40 -50 journalists onboard

About half an hour from #Misrata, lots of Libyan Army checkpoints on highway and huge lines for gas in every town we pas through

We are completely stopped at Army checkpoint about 50 miles outside #Misrata, not clear why.

We are underway again, after delay at checkpoint abt 50 km (not miles as per last tweet) away from #Misrata

Stopped briefly in Zlitan; interestingly, roadside sign to #Misrata spray-painted over.

In #Misrata now about 2-1/2 km from centre, hear gunfire, see smoke rising from centre but can't get there so can't tell what it is

#Misrata: damaged tanks on outskirts of city, evidence of coalition air strikes. Govt-organized pro-Gadhafi shouting crowd

#Misrata: looks like sm tanks removd from checkpts in area so we wudn't see them, lots destructn at what apprs 2 b intrsectn of front line.

#Misrata: After half hour on the ground here, govt minders making us get back on the bus and leave

John Simpson

The BBC's John Simpson is among foreign journalists taken to Misrata by Libyan officials. He says there are many signs of fighting and a column of black smoke is rising from the city.

He says it appears the scene has been stage-managed for the foreign media. A large crowd of pro-Gaddafi demonstrators has gathered and an outside broadcast unit from Libyan state TV, complete with satellite dish, is there.

Just to point out that John Simpson and other foreign journalists are on the outskirts of Misrata. The city itself has been in rebel hands for five weeks and is surrounded by pro-Gaddafi forces.

BBC Monitoring now reports that Libyan state TV is broadcasting from the outskirts of Misrata. Footage shows a crowd of Col Gaddafi's supporters waving green banners and carrying posters of the Libyan leader.

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feb17 info 6:19pm:@guardians Ian Black reports from Sirte Gaddafi forces turning to lighter weapons in bid to avoid air strikes

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NOS19.11 uur: 'Op de vlucht voor Kadhafi-troepen'

Ook Chris McGreal van The Guardian ziet hoe de opstandelingen door Kadhafi-troepen worden teruggedrongen bij Sirte. Hij twittert:

"De opmars van de rebellen stokt op 70 kilometer van Sirte. De revolutionairen vechten, maar moeten massaal op de vlucht voor zware raketaanvallen van troepen van Kadhafi."

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Libyan rebels advance on Muammar Gaddafi's home town
Revolutionaries move further west along Libya's coastal road, seizing several towns without resistance, and reach Sirte
Chris McGreal in Bin Jawad and Ian Black in Sirte
The Guardian, Monday 28 March 2011
Libyan rebels are advancing on Muammar Gaddafi's home city, Sirte, after retaking all the ground lost in earlier fighting as government forces broke up and fled under western air strikes.

Revolutionary forces rapidly moved more than 150 miles west along Libya's coastal road, seizing several towns without resistance, as the first witness accounts emerged of the devastating effect on Gaddafi's army and militia of the aerial bombardment that broke their resistance at Ajdabiya on Saturday.

A Libyan rebel spokesman said Sirte had been captured by the rebels on Monday morning, but there is no sign the city has fallen. Sirte marks the boundary between the east and west of Libya and has great symbolic importance as Muammar Gaddafi's hometown.

The area was quiet after heavy bombardment from the pre-dawn hours and there was no sign it had been taken by the Benghazi-based rebels advancing from the east. It is rumoured that the outskirts have been planted with landmines................... (de rest zie link )

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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 18:08 schreef waht het volgende:

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Heeft Shell er baat bij als Tamoil kopje onder gaat? Lijkt mij dat ze dan juist een klant verliezen.

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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 19:37 schreef doeterniettoezegiktoch het volgende:
foto's BBC
nog wat foto's Guardian

ook hier word gewoon tussendoor gebid
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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 18:56 schreef Renaldo het volgende:

Shock: America Fighting On the Side of Al Qaeda in Libya

Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com(...)-libya#ixzz1Huk1rHoq

Jihadis who fought U.S. in Iraq, Afghanistan now enjoy American support in Libya

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Evidence is emerging that United States forces are waging war in Libya on behalf of rebels whose ranks include jihadis who fought against the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 19:37 schreef doeterniettoezegiktoch het volgende:
foto's BBC
nog wat foto's Guardian

ook hier word gewoon tussendoor gebid
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Even as rebels continue to push government loyalists from key areas in Libya, citizens are skeptical.

Im not supporting the rebels because they have also killed people, Ayan Aabideen, a resident of Tripoli, told Politically Illustrated, adding, and I dont know where they get their weaponry.

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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 19:57 schreef Hans_van_Baalen het volgende:

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Aan wie?

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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 17:43 schreef zoefbust het volgende:
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Op maandag 28 maart 2011 20:22 schreef waht het volgende:

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Aan niemand omdat het verboden zou zijn te handelen met bedrijven in handen van Kadaffi.