Wednesday, July 6, 2011

After a retreat from around the plains town of Bir al-Ghanam last week, Col Bani moves fm Zintan to Gualish as promised


News in Libya
  attack gateway to Tripoli: ZINTAN, : Libyan launched a promised assault on...

After a retreat from around the plains town of Bir al-Ghanam last week, spokesman Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani had pledged on Saturday that the rebel army would soon try to push the front line northwards. "In the next two days, the (revolutionaries) will come up with answers. Things will change on the front line," he said. A rebel leader from the hilltown of Zintan said the rebels had coordinated their assault with NATO. "We waited before launching this assault and finally got the green light from NATO this morning and the offensive began," the rebel leader said. There were intense exchanges of artillery, mortar and cannon fire between the rebel fighters and government troops dug in around Gualish, the AFP  correspondent reported. NATO-led warplanes flew over the battlefield but there were no immediate air strikes.
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