Reply #111: Reuters: WRAPUP 1-Libya angers Tunisia as war briefly crosses border [View All]

[pinboy3niner]

Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:27pm EDT


• Gaddafi troops briefly battle rebels on Tunisian territory

• Tunisians demand immediate stop to Libyan incursions

• Gaddafi trying to crush rebels outside eastern stronghold

• Loud blasts heard in Tripoli


By Lin Noueihed and Tarek Amara


TRIPOLI/TUNIS, April 29 (Reuters) -

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Rebels accused Gaddafi's forces of firing bigger rockets than the Russian-made Grad missiles largely used until now. A rebel called Marwan said in an audio statement on YouTube that the bigger rockets cause much greater destruction. "Gaddafi the tyrant is trying to wipe out the city of Misrata," he said.

Gaddafi denies his forces are attacking civilians and says his opponents are Islamist militants and foreign-backed agitators who deliberately put non-combatants in harm's way.

Rebel spokesman Abdelsalam said from Misrata that there had been sporadic clashes on the road to the port and shelling of residential areas. "Those areas are packed with civilians who fled the fighting in the city centre," he said.

"The ball is now in NATO's court. After Gaddafi's soldiers and snipers were driven out from the city centre and Tripoli Street by the rebel fighters, their strategy has been to shell the city from the outskirts. This can only be solved by NATO."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/28/libya-idUSLDE73R2EO20110428