In the name of God most Gracious most Merciful
A report on the latest events in the city of Misratah for today, Saturday 9th April 2011. Battles and the sound of explosions is continuous from last night. Many clashes occurred and the biggst and most important happened in the eastern entrance and specifically around the Medical College. Since last night, the revolutionaries have been waging continuous attacks on the Medical College which currently houses Gaddafi’s forces and have managed to destroy their ammunition stocks. This forced Gaddafi’s troops to withdraw and restation themselves in the College of Sciences which is directly behind the Medical College. Before leaving they kept a handful of mercenaries and snipers in the Medical College, but the majority of them are now stationed in the College of Sciences. The revolutionaries also managed to destroy 2 tanks today, one of them was of model type T-90. They also killed 6 snipers and the battles are still continuous.
The second battle was in the Heavy Trucks road. The revolutionaries managed to attack Gaddafi’s troops and force them to retreat backwards. They killed a large number from them and managed to sieze more than one four-wheel drive truck.
As for Tripoli Street, the revolutionaries are in control of the majority of the street and are blocking areas of it with shipping crates filled with sand. They are surrounding the snipers stationed in the “Mheshi” building and are preventing any kind of supplies from reaching them.
The area of “Gzeer” remains as it was. Gaddafi’s forces are still stationed inside the school of Yarmook and are being surrounded by revolutionaries who are preventing any kind of supplies from reaching them.
The area of “Zraig” did not witness any clashes today. The revolutionaries swept through the area and Gaddafi forces are nowhere to be seen.
The revolutionaries also managed to perform an attack on Gaddafi’s forces positioned in “Zawiyat Al Mahjoob”. They managed to kill a large number of them and siezed ammunition and four-wheel trucks.
Currently NATO fighter jets are flying over the city. Sounds of explosions and heavy gunfire can be heard from the city centre and the Medical College. The picture is unclear as to what is happening there exactly.
Electricity is still cut off from most of the city and more specifically the centre and the southern areas. Water and communication facilities are cut off completely and the sewage system has been blocked in the centre of the city.
The city still suffers from a lack of medicine stocks and medical team and equipment.
Today, a Red Cross ship arrived at Misratah port to provide medical assistance. The morale of the residents is still high, and they will remain defiant till the last drop of blood in them, and until Libya is completely liberated.
All praise be to God, and God is greater
These were the latest events in the city of Misratah today
