Topic: War and Peace News - on March 6, 2011 at 9:13:00 AM CET
Fancy your chances against the SAS, Gaddafi? Elite troops and MI6 spies poised to help Libyan rebels
Britain is to send teams of spies and diplomats into Libya to help oust Colonel Gaddafi, it emerged last night.
MI6 operatives backed by the SAS are to land in the east around the key rebel stronghold of Benghazi 'within days'.
In addition, 600 soldiers of the Black Watch are on 24-hour standby to fly in and avert a humanitarian catastrophe as Libya erupted into a new wave of bloodshed.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 11:31:00 PM CET
Libyan rebel Council expects intl recognition soon
The interim National Council composed of Libyan rebels against the 41-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi expects to be formally recognised soon by some countries, its head told al Jazeera channel.
"There are official contacts with European and Arab (countries). Upon the release (later) today of a statement, some countries will announce their recognition," ex-Justice Minister Mustafa Abdel Jalil, who heads the council, told the channel.
af.reuters.com A translation of the declaration of a temporary council in Libya.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 10:58:00 PM CET
LPC from Az Zawiya: City is calm, quiet. People just watching and waiting.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 10:36:00 PM CET
Exclusive pictures by Telegraph photographer Julian Simmonds
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 8:43:00 PM CET
Western Libya strategic map as of Friday 5 Mar '11
Western #Libya strategic map showing control & troop locations. Sorry, looks busy (coz it has been)
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 8:36:00 PM CET
Gaddafi fighter bomber is shot down in Ras Lanuf
Rebels in Libya have said they have captured the oil port of Ras Lanuf after a fierce battle with pro-government forces.
The BBC's John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf, where the rebels were filmed celebrating the shooting down of a fighter bomber from Colonel Gaddafi's airforce.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 3:03:00 PM CET
Regime-Truppen ziehen sich zurück
Nach heftigen Kämpfen am frühen Morgen haben sich die Truppen des libyschen Staatschefs Muammar al-Gaddafi offenbar wieder aus dem Inneren der Stadt Al-Sawija zurückgezogen. Derweil platzieren die USA und andere Nato-Staaten Schiffe und Kampfjets auf einem Stützpunkt in Kreta.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 11:56:00 AM CET
Gaddafi sends new forces to Zawiyah
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sent new forces toward the western town of Zawiyah after Libyan rebels repelled an attack by his soldiers on Saturday, al-Jazeera reported, citing rebels in Zawiyah.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 11:46:00 AM CET
ZAWIYA BATTLE FINISHED A FEW MINUTES AGO; REVOLUTIONARIES HAVE CONTROL!
Rebels in Libya say they have repelled an attempt by government forces to retake the key city of Zawiya, just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
Following heavy fighting early on Saturday morning, a rebel told the BBC they had driven out government tanks from the city centre.
5 March 2011 Last updated at 10:12 GMT
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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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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 9:31:00 AM CET
Ahmed - a resident of Az Zawiyah -
speaks to Al Jazeera on the phone from the middle of the ongoing battle. Shouting to be heard over the sound of artillery and small arms fire, he tells us:
There is heavy bombing of the city by tanks and heavy weapons and mortars - the rebels are struggling to resist with very primitive means. They [invading forces] have no mercy and are very brutal. There is a large number of injured and a lot of people killed on the streets.
There is no mercy to civilians. The tanks belonging to to the regime are attacking everything indiscriminately and we have no means of defending ourselves.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 5, 2011 at 9:02:00 AM CET
Rebel offensive
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