Comprehensive Misrata update
Here is a comprehensive update from Misrata from Wefaq Libya, FreedomgroupTV and Marwan AlMisrati. Thanks very much to ChangeInLibyafor this translation!
“At exactly 4am this morning, the Freedom Fighters led a daring attack on Bin Salah building and the vegetable market. We managed to arrest many of Gaddafi’s forces and we also seized ammo and weapons from them. However, some soldiers refused to surrender and unfortunately we had to kill them. From the soldiers we killed, there were many mercenaries. 3 of them from Niger and 2 from Mali.”
“As for Bin Salah building, there is an unbelievable amount of destruction, and it is the most damaged area in the city. This is due to Gaddafi’s constant mortar and rocket-launcher shelling on the residential areas. It’s very clear that Gaddafi’s soldiers destroyed all the homes they broke into, and they stole food, gold, everything.”
“They absolutely destroyed many apartment buildings even thought here was no one in them, except for a few families that were kidnapped by Gaddafi’s forces and used as human shields/hostages in Bin Salah. We managed to free these families and they are all safe and sound now.”
“There are very fierce battles between us and Gaddafi’s forces to this very minute, especially in Misrata’s central hospital And a nearby apartment building called Abu-Minyar building. They are all surrounded and we arrested many of them. However, the forces in the central hospital and the building REFUSE TO SURRENDER, and we cannot guarantee their safety.”
“I want to tell the media that Gaddafi’s forces ARE NOT RETREATING, in fact, they plan to fight till the very last man. This proves that Kaim’s remarks are false and in fact, even though he said “tribes will take care of it”, we all know that the areas close to Misrata such as Zliten and Bani Walid ARE WITH US, not with Gaddafi (I don’t like the word “tribes”). And they are just waiting for the opportunity to join us. Kaim’s remarks are just covering the defeat they suffered.”
“We defeated them and we were victorious. In fact, today, we destroyed many vehicles in the vegetable market. We destroyed 8 of these tanks and we completely took control of the area. 2 tanks were also hiding inside shops so that they can’t be seen by NATO. They had tents on top of them and random items to cover them. We said “surrender and you’ll be safe” in every single building we cleared and guaranteed that we will not harm Gaddafi forces.”
“These people will be kept in Misrata and will be guaranteed a fair trial and maybe even released if they are Libyan. However mercenaries will not be released, they will be given a fair trial because they took money to come here and kill us.”
“What about the news that you captured the brigadier general Ramadan Bsheer?”
“I heard that we captured him yes, and that we also captured 50+ soldiers.” (but the caller can’t personally confirm this). This is hard to confirm right now because there is no electricity and it is dangerous to move at night but we’ll confirm it.”
“We heard that there are large amounts of martyrs today, why?”
“First of all, I want to pay my respects to these heroes. They went to rescue and evacuate families from an area that was being heavily bombarded using mortars and cluster munitions. This area was being bombarded by Gaddafi forces that were surrounded because they were hopeless. And unfortunately the freedom fighters and civilians died due to this random bombardment as they were rescuing others.”
“There are people now searching buildings and other areas in the city to defuse any booby traps/mines that were left by Gaddafi forces”
At least its keeping you real busy!! Btw, that info about G’s troops NOT retreating ( wasnt sure myself) do you pass this onto NATO or do you pass it onto officials in BENG whom pass it onto Nato .
KEEP UP THE BRAVE GOOD WORK.and thank you for ur constant updates!!
what 'zafelah' means. at this point, the terms become too foreign for me to distinguish. I'm an Egyptian by the way, so I apologize if any of this is unfitting]. They thought they had broken their backs. Well, here they are. They have risen once more by God’s will and victory is near, Lord Willing.
through, Lord Willing. May He grant them strength until they achieve victory. Licking one’s wounds is not acceptable and is not even on the people of Al Zawiyah’s agenda as they strive to restore the pride of their glorious city that those bastards [Gaddafi's battalions] have degraded.
“I have received information about 15 people were martyred and 31 wounded as a result of ambushes by the Gaddafi brigades at the site of their withdrawal,” the spokesman, Abdel Basset Abu Mezerik, told the station.
He said forces to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had also used “dirty methods” of booby-trapping bodies and cars while withdrawing from Misrata.
Just snipers, shooting at everything “bad” that moves.
#Misrata Rebels say Gadaffi troop withdrawal maybe 2 thwart NATO by fighting as guerillas from Zliten+Bani Walid tribes out of army uniform
3 minutes ago…..from the facebook website.
Gathering at the western gate leading to the city, many were armed with automatic weapons. Some kept watch, looking through binoculars next to road blocks barring civilians and journalists from entering.
As one rebel spoke confidently of an impending victory, another fighter complained of being ill-equipped and lacking military experience in the face of Gaddafi’s forces.
Ajdabiya and the oil town of Brega along the eastern front have been in virtual stalemate for weeks.
Al Jezeera……………………It’s time to break that stalemate. If Gaddaffi is busy in the west and overextended, what assets could he possibly have in that desert. If the issue is supply lines, just begin with the push to Brega, then you can do the same type of probes he’s doing on you, but use them on Ras Lanouf. The movement is about perception more than anything else at this point, but it’s a perception that obviously reverberates across the free world.
You can’t just sit there. I believe that they are trying to escape down the southern route from Ajdabiya to Jalu, or blend as civillians.
The answer to that is to secure the road and everything north to the sea, and let them leave the theatre, but not with your equipment.
about an hour agoOperation Libya Regarding earlier tweet reporting the capture of 2 rocket launchers, weapons and ammo was in Yefren, Nafusa mountain region #Libya – @ShababLibya