March 27th Updates

Posted on March 27, 2011 by admin

14:33 AFP Libyan revolutionaries fighting Gaddafi’s regime on Sunday recaptured Bin Jawad, a hamlet 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the key oil town of Ras Lanuf, AFP correspondents reported.

14:29 Almanara Media Revolutionaries have captured 40 mercenaries in Ras Lanouf

12:51 Reuters “There is no Gaddafi army in Ras Lanuf,” a source told Reuters, quoting fighters who had returned from the town. He said he believed the front line was now west of Ras Lanuf.

12:20 AFP A reporter has visited a hospital in Benghazi where he found injured regime soldiers being treated by the rebels. The soldiers said they felt they had been lied to by Col Gaddafi. “I was loyal, now I’m not, after finding out the truth about the fighting,” said one. “In Benghazi I found young people making a revolution to escape from the darkness they were living in.”

10:40 AFP correspondents in Ras Lanuf say rebels have retaken the key oil town.

10:43 Al Jazeera Al Jazeera reports that Libya rebel forces have reached the outskirts of Uqayla after taking control of Brega

10:15 BBC A doctor in Misrata told the BBC overnight the city had suffered one of the strongest attacks since the start of the conflict. “Gaddafi troops are using new tactics to avoid being hit, they are using civilians and buildings as shields to hide their tanks. The troops are using civilian vehicles instead of tanks, using live machine guns instead of artillery. Once we hear the sounds of aircraft they stop attacking, because they are hiding. But once the planes go they start bombing again.

10:11 Al Jazeera Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini outlines a diplomatic plan to resolve the crisis in Libya that could include exile for Gaddafi. Frattini said the plan would include a UN-monitored ceasefire, wide consultations with Libya’s many tribal groups and “a permanent humanitarian corridor which we are already working on with the Turkish government.”

6:22 BBC French fighter aircraft have destroyed five of Gaddafi’s planes and two helicopters on the ground of Misrata airport. They were seen prepparing to launch an attack.

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