Ghadafi control slides more

Ghadafi control slides more

(NewsCore) - to the ZAWIYAH, Libya - Libyan leader grip of Colonel Moamar Ghadafi country weakened even more Sunday after confirmation that the rebels took control of the city to Zawiyah, 30 miles west of the capital Trípoli.

The anti-Government forces in control of the coastal city of standing in tanks and firing shots holding, Sky News reported from the scene.

There were also reports that burned several buildings and vehicles in the city.

Ghadafi companions took international journalists to the city to test the strong man was still in control - but it seemed hard-liner was aware of lifting organizers claimed the city as soon as Thursday after fierce fighting between protesters and Libyan troops.

At least two Libyan troops were prisoners for the rebels, who said that they were planning to release at a later date.

Strategic victory means that anti-Government forces have a point of support to 40 minutes of Tripoli, where Ghadafi clings to power four decades of Government.

But I still had control of the country's air force hindering an assault of the Earth by the rebels, according to Sky News.

In other developments, Britain revoked the diplomatic immunity of Ghadafi and their family members, Secretary of Foreign Affairs William Hague said on Sunday. United States revoking visas for senior officials of the Libyan Government on Saturday.

It has also called Ghadafi to resign in an interview with the BBC. That call us followed President Barack Obama comments urging Ghadafi to resign "now" means increasing fears that its oscillating Government could fall in the civil war.

UN Security Council imposed a ban on travel and the Ghadafi regime assets and ordered an investigation into possible crimes against humanity by the strong man of Libya, the first time that the decision was made unanimously.

Full conflict as loyalists mounted fears a desperate rearguard prompted a number of countries to evacuate to tens of thousands of citizens and close embassies for shootings escape, looting and food shortages, according to AFP.

Former Justice Minister Mustapha Abdeljalil said that he was forming a transitional Government to replace the system decrépitos Ghadafi who now controls only some western areas around the capital and a few strongholds for a long time in the arid South, reporters and witnesses said.

Residents of the capital that Trípoli said banks were open but that bread and gasoline remained strictly rationed as it grip the rebels over large swaths of the vast desert nation played havoc with the distribution of basic goods.

The UN refugee agency said that nearly 100,000 people, mostly foreign migrants fled to Libya last week.

The British Government that previously faced criticism about its plans for the disposal, use command units to rescue 150 civilians on a daring mission to spend the night in the Libya desert. Dozens of workers trapped in remote locations of oil were making his way back to Britain Sunday after being airlifted by two aircraft Hercules of the Royal Air Force runways to South of the city of Benghazi to Malta. Flights to take them to the United Kingdom were scheduled for 3: 00 pm and 6: 00 pm local time on Sunday, according to Sky News.

In the capital, the Libyan authorities sent text messages urging families to accept an offer, announced on Friday at the State television, of a fact sheet about 400 $ per family.

"This is only for Trípoli - who are trying to bribe people," said a resident.

Tanks and deporte-utilidad vehicles driven by partisan pro - regime they patrolled neighborhoods almost deserted the city, told the residents.

Russia also put pressure on the regime of Libya, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov saying that Libya counterpart Musa Kusa Moscow condemns the unacceptable use of force against civilians. Catherine Ashton, the EU top diplomat warned of "consequences" for Ghadafi and said that violations of human rights in the country "stop now".

Abdeljalil said that a new administration include the commanders of the regular army, many of whom they deserted and pave the way for elections within three months.

"Our national Government has military and civilian personalities." Will lead for no more than three months and then be fair elections, and the people will elect their leader, "Abdeljalil said in the eastern city to el Baida, a bastion of the opposition."

It was not immediately clear if other cities released alone coordinated the transfer with Abdeljalil, who resigned on Monday to protest the most deadly suppression of opposition protesters.

Son of Ghadhafi, Saif al-Islam - once considered a possible heir - reformer said that the crisis "opened the door to a civil war".

In Washington, Obama told Ghadafi "leave now," having lost legitimacy to govern. It was even more direct demand of the President of the United States.UU. and Angela Merkel, German was coordinated in a telephone conversation with Chancellor said the White House.

The United Nations said that more than 1,000 people were already

dead in the repression by loyalists Ghadafi.


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