Minggu, 18 September 2011

Libya: Battle Of Sirte By The Chatter Gaddafi Loyalists Degenerated Radio Reveals The Fears Of NATO And The Rebel Attack

The long battle to remove Colonel Muammar Gaddafi loyalists left over from the Sirte has increased, as the rebels are trying to capture a coastal city is not yet under their control.

Defiantly planted the bullet scarred wasteland in front of a green flag, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi remaining forces flew in his hometown, as markers of a slalom course particularly dangerous.

From the Frontlines around the port of Sirte yesterday became the constant bombardment of rocket, sniper and machine gun fire as the attack to take the last great bastion of support for the Libyan dictator in the north intensified.

But as casualties during the day, and the makeshift hospital in a garage in the suburbs of Sirte used buckets of water to wash the blood of its floors, a sound reassuring proven anti-Gaddafi warriors: the sound of their enemies inside the city in panic.

"Go back, we are surrounded on three sides!" Gaddafi a commander barking of his comrades, his voice loud and clear is a revolutionary phone that radio was tuned to the wavelength of the opposition. "Get some of the shooters on!" shouted another. "Does anyone know what the hell is going on?"

What happened - in the anti-warriors for Gaddafi at least - was the beginning of what could be a struggle such as blood and all other in their efforts to rid Libya of Gadhafi clutches. As the birthplace of Gaddafi, enjoyed the old fishing village of Torremolinos Sirte through a transformation of style to the patronage of its most famous son, who gave the third largest city in Libya, through vast amounts of money oil.

As a result, his strange million people have faithfully kept the green flag flying over recent months - has refused to join the rebellion that began in neighboring countries in Benghazi in February.

Today, however, refused to surrender peacefully through negotiations tribal, which began when Tripoli fell, the trunk is much more on the other foot. Whereas before it was Gaddafi forces exerted military superiority that surrounds the coastal enclave near Misurata with tanks, rockets and troops much more, today is the Gaddafi besieged forces, outgunned underdog.

This weekend attack in Sirte, which began in earnest on Thursday - the day that David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy traveled to Tripoli and Benghazi congratulate the rebels on their performance - was accompanied by a major attack by NATO.

The military forces in the city has received more than half of the rockets were fired and bombs dropped by the Alliance last week, which also struck targets remaining loyalist city of Bani Walid, and Zillah Waddan the edge of the Sahara and the city of Sabha deep south.

In men, as Jamal Fanar, steelworker who fought during the siege of Misurata, and now is part of an anti-Gaddafi Sirte besieging force is now a new feeling of holding all the aces. "I have a sore ankle from the fighting then, but I'm ready to fight again," he said, speaking at the Sunday Telegraph, behind a large patch of bush views sandbank western outskirts of Sirte, where the bullets whistled above. "I'm too tired and hungry, but we must defend our rights, as true man show Gaddafi Libya fight."

Standing next to Mr. Fanar were the other members of the brigade of Misurata, drive much of fans who braved all odds to return to defend the city in April and May Consisting of everything from bankers and lawyers mechanics and garbage collectors, now drive most disciplined military personnel and professionals serving the new interim government - and well versed in the kind of war urban sprawl that is attracting new Sirte.

The difference between Misurata and units of the brigade battle rebels drilled is evident from the moment they arrive at their bottom line. At the hearing, the others seem to rebel Che Guevara fans of tapas-style and long hair, and a uniform - if that's the word - jeans, sneakers and shirts with logos at random, like a car shop Bengy (Houston), University of Wisconsin, and AC Milan bands of 2005. But they have better weapons, Mad-Max-style pick-up equipped with steel plates in the front to act as rams and shields the ball, and newer, cleaner aircraft guns mounted on the back.

They also have a couple of tanks of aging - and best of all, a lot more discipline. Although other rebel front lines can remember Saturday afternoon out, to attract tourist groups to create pictures and watching the fire without end celebration, Mr. Fanar and his companions outside the Sirte yesterday were pretty focused more on the job at hand.

However, despite the feeling of suspicion that it was "Misurata in the opposite direction", the fighters said they were eager to avoid violence Gaddafi's forces had inflicted on them before.

"We try to avoid the use of heavy weapons at our disposal," said brigade member Taneel Ishmael, 40, a former real estate agent who has put on display by Fidel Castro-style beard and baseball cap bought from the store of surplus' army. "Yesterday we thought we'd go to maybe two or three days, but after he had sent reinforcements to certain parts of the city. We must take measures on our imams, where we can use heavy weapons."

Certainly, judging by the sounds of the city, it seemed that the holy men had already given the green light. Throughout the afternoon, the static fire was interrupted by the thunderous explosion of what the rebels said was their own tanks. "Please have us believe when we say we do not really want to be here," said Hani Ali fight, wielding a rifle with a scope on it. "Most people in Sirte to go - it's just Gaddafi loyalists who make war now."

What many people really want to Sirte still something of a mystery, because in recent weeks have been all but isolated from the outside world, no cell phone coverage, and only the TV version of the Gaddafi government what is happening elsewhere. Although many people have already left the country, some people have left last week said that he was unaware of the fact that Tripoli had fallen in the month of August.

By yesterday afternoon, reported the anti-Gaddafi brigade lost 10 soldiers during the match today, with many more injured, a Spanish photographer working near the front.

Some residents of Sirte which had chosen to fight, meanwhile, found himself arrested by the operations of unannounced raids on the city Misurata Brigade suspected bases Gaddafi devices. A petrol station on the main road west of the city was transformed into a makeshift prison, with prisoners confined in a cage outdoor storage of large normally used to keep the gas tanks. Among them was Gursala Talal, 27, detained in a raid on a farm where he claims to be an innocent shepherd was undermined somewhat by the hiding of four Kalashnikovs he tried to bury.

"I was forced to fight for Gaddafi," he protested. "I had no choice, however, and support the new government now."

"Yes, everyone says that," smiled his captor Abdulhakim Zakouk Alu, 45, a former airline pilot, now in jail guard gun. "But we will take care of these guys are right, they get food and cigarettes, and then dispose of the Libyan authorities. We have people like Gaddafi, when they attacked the measure."

Of the 159 targets struck by NATO during the last seven days, was 88 in Sirte - more than half.

These include 29 missile systems, 17 armored personnel carriers, three tanks, 13 rocket launchers, antiaircraft guns and missiles, and scored eight goals "command and control nodes" - buildings and other facilities that supporters of Gaddafi been a leader in the defense of the city.

Yesterday, a spokesman for Gaddafi Ibrahim Moussa, telephoned a news agency claiming that the NATO attacks on civilians Sirte 357 overnight - an indictment of the NATO says it may be unfounded. Previous such claims have proven unfounded or exaggerated.

With Sirte surrounded by the forces of the new government on three sides, and a NATO naval blockade in the room, is unlikely to be replenished Gaddafi loyalists, and hope to the NATO strategists and Libya is that the defenses of the city ​​are gradually weakening.

At Sabha, away from the city of 200 000 in the south, where many believe that Gaddafi could be hidden, but NATO has hit 23 goals. But the strategy seems to expect the enclave of the North were defeated before shooting across the invasion of the south.

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