Libya: Qaddhafi Violates Ceasefire, Foreign Forces Mount Attack

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Here's a Guardian clarification on the same..

1.10pm: My colleague Peter Beaumont emails to say the reports that one of Gaddafi's sons is seriously ill in hospital are probably not true. Earlier we noted that some news organisations were reporting a son had been injured when a fighter jet crashed into the Bab al-Azizia compound last week – Peter says he was near to the compound at the supposed time of the incident, and says there was "absolutely no jet crash"

 

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Here's a summary of today's events as the international military action against Libya continues.

Military commanders have insisted that Muammar Gaddafi is not a target in the action being taken against Libya. Liam Fox, the British defence secretary, talked up the possibility of Gaddafi being targeted in interviews on Sunday. But today the UK chief of the defence staff, General Sir David Richards, said Gaddafi is "absolutely not" a target. "It is not allowed under the UN resolution and it is not something I want to discuss any further," he told the BBC.

Western leaders have been trying to hold together the shaky coalition with Arab states over the military action against Libya. David Cameron, the British prime minsiter, has spoken to the secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, who earlier expressed concern about civilian casualties. A spokesman for Cameron said the pair were "agreed that the protection of civilians was paramount".

Four New York Times journalists being held in Libya have been freed. The paper said the Libyan authorities had released Anthony Shadid, Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario and Stephen Farrell. Four al-Jazeera journalists, including a Briton, are still being held.

The latest air strikes on Libya have destroyed a building in the Tripoli compound of Muammar Gaddafi. Our correspondent in Tripoli, Ian Black, saw smoke rising from the area of Bab al-Aziziya, where Gaddafi is based

 

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Col Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli has been hit by an air strike launched by a coalition of countries seeking to impose a UN-mandated no-fly zone in Libya. It is unclear whether supporters inside the compound at the time - and Col Gaddafi himself, whose whereabouts are unknown - were hurt.



The barrage of strikes began on Saturday.

Bodies of pro-Gaddafi fighters have been found around their destroyed tanks on the road leading to Benghazi.

Since when tanks and building started to fly ????

 

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Farid, who has family in Tripoli, writes: "All my friends and family I have contacted in Libya feel more protected since the air strikes. They feel they are being cared for by the international community. Gaddafi was just taking revenge and punishing everyone, but people on the streets are happy the allied forces are weakening the regime. Tripoli is run by fear - there are a lot of arrests and killings by Gaddafi forces. There were demonstrations there last week. The air strike on Gaddafi headquarters is huge. It is a huge military fortress. It is good it has been hit."

 

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Jacob Zuma, the South African president, said on Monday that his country does not support "the regime change doctrine" in Libya, and called for restraint from foreign countries enforcing a no-fly zone.

Zuma said:

As South Africa we say no to the killing of civilians, no to the regime change doctrine and no to the foreign occupation of Libya,", one of five heads of state on a high-level African Union panel on Libya

 

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Farid, who has family in Tripoli, writes: "All my friends and family I have contacted in Libya feel more protected since the air strikes. They feel they are being cared for by the international community. Gaddafi was just taking revenge and punishing everyone, but people on the streets are happy the allied forces are weakening the regime. Tripoli is run by fear - there are a lot of arrests and killings by Gaddafi forces. There were demonstrations there last week. The air strike on Gaddafi headquarters is huge. It is a huge military fortress. It is good it has been hit."

You gotta give a source, so people know where are you quoting from, additionally sourcing allows you fair use.

 

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Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets have staged their first sorties over Libya as part of the UN-mandated coalition, the defence ministry said according to AFP. Four F-18 fighter jets, a refueling aircraft, an F-100 frigate, an S-74 submarine and a CN-235 maritime surveillance plane will also be deployed by Spain - as well as about 500 troops.

 

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You gotta give a source, so people know where are you quoting from, additionally sourcing allows you fair use.

Friends, these are from Guardian, Al-Jazeera & BBC live updates.. hence giving source everytime is a bit cumbersome... Anyway, I have tried to avoid all sensenationalist media inputs and am trying to give a live update sort of feel to the ongoing action.. Feel free to cross-check.

 

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Since when tanks and building started to fly ????

What do you mean by that. Care to explain your query?

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1505 GMT: Pro-Gaddafi forces have fired on a crowd in the rebel-held city of Misrata, and at least nine people have died, a resident tells Reuters

 

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What do you mean by that. Care to explain your query?

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Even someone with half a brain knows a building or tank can't fly.

 

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5:15pm
Adel Abdelhafidh Ghoka, the Libyan National Council official, held a press briefing. He says the situation in Misurata is critical as there is no water, fuel or electricity.

Ghoka said sleeping cells in Benghazi have been given till tomorrow afternoon to hand themselves over. They will be given amnesty, if not they will face the rebels and will be treated as enemy of the revolution.

He says there is also an uprising in Tripoli but that media black out there and suppression is making things hard.

 

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Since when tanks and building started to fly ????

Tanks fly!!

 

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Even someone with half a brain knows a building or tank can't fly.

And do brainy people reacts aggressively to polite queries? You could have avoided being an a**.