Misrata: the port is under heavy shelling today, they have fired around 100 rockets so far. The shelling on Misrata has not stopped in the past 36 hours, no NATO strikes in 24 hours. – Reuters via feb17.info
May 2, 2011 Leave a comment Misrata: the port is under heavy shelling today, they have fired around 100 rockets so far. The shelling on Misrata has not stopped in the past 36 hours, no NATO strikes in 24 hours. – Reuters via feb17.info
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Gaddafi forces pound Misrata port http://natpo.st/jHDQoN
TRIPOLI - Libyan government forces bombarded the port of rebel-held Misrata with rockets and shellfire on Monday, disrupting operations to bring supplies in by sea to the besieged city. A rebel spokesman complained that NATO forces, charged with protecting civilians caught up in the uprising against Col. Gaddafi's rule, had failed to act in defense of Misrata. "The port is under heavy shelling today too, they have fired around 100 rockets so far. The shelling on Misrata has not stopped in the past 36 hours," the spokesman, who identified himself as Hassan al-Misrati, told Reuters by telephone. "It seems that NATO have forgotten about us and this has emboldened the Gaddafi forces." The renewed bombardments followed a NATO air strike on a Gaddafi compound in Tripoli on Saturday night which killed his son Saif al-Arab and three young grandchildren, triggering attacks by angry crowds on the British and French embassies and the U.S. diplomatic mission.
