Saturday, 5. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 9:52:00 AM CET
Human Rights Solidarity - Gaddafi's security forces were using ambulances to kidnap wounded people
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has launched a fresh military offensive to retake some of the towns he lost control over the past 18 days.
Opposition to his decades-old rule has quickly swelled into a full-blown rebellion, but Gaddafi stepped up attacks on Friday. By Saturday morning, his forces broke through opposition defences in the city of Az Zawiyah after heavy shelling, eyewitnesses told Al Jazeera.
"There is a very tragic situation in the city," Ahmed, a resident of Az Zawiyah, said. "We were expecting the world to intervene but they have let us down."
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