Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said in Tripoli, the army would withdraw, leaving the battle for control of the city to regional tribes.

Gaddafi's Libyan military strategy apparently changed Misrata

In the fight against insurgents in the Libyan port city of Muammar el Gaddafi Misrata changes appear to his tactics. Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said in Tripoli, the army would withdraw, leaving the battle for control of the city to regional tribes. The NATO air attacks had prevented the target from the army "surgical solution". The ongoing for more than seven weeks fighting for the third-largest city in the country went on Saturday. At noon, at least ten people were killed. The largest hospital in the city said it had been admitted 50 wounded. A ship of the International Organization for Migration to put in the port of Misrata and brought 160 tons of relief supplies. The ship will bring about 1,000 refugees in the rebel stronghold ostlibysche Benghazi. Meanwhile, first flew an unmanned U.S. drone attack campaign in Libya. The location was not known to the Pentagon.


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