Thursday, 24. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 7:38:00 AM CET
Allied air strikes secure Misrata for rebels
Nearly 12 hours of allied air strikes have broken the Libyan regime's five-day bloody assault on the key rebel-held town of Misrata.
Residents said the aerial bombardment destroyed tanks and artillery and sent many of Muammar Gaddafi's forces fleeing from Misrata, ending a siege and attack by the regime that cost nearly 100 lives from random shelling, snipers and bitter street fighting.
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