Sunday, 20. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 2:33:00 PM CET
West hits Libyan defences as Gaddafi vows to fight
Western air strikes pounded Muammar Gaddafi's defences and allied warplanes patrolled Libyan skies on Sunday, lifting the siege of Benghazi and allowing rebels to surge forward and retake lost ground.
The aerial assault stopped in its tracks the advance by Gaddafi's troops into Benghazi and left the burnt and shattered remains of his tanks and troop carriers littering the main road outside the rebel stronghold. The charred bodies of at least 14 government soldiers lay scattered in the desert.
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