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Gaddafi continues armed assault on protesters
RABAT, February 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
continued armed assault on protesters on Thursday in order to keep control of the country and suppress the opposition.
Troops and African mercenaries were sent to the town of Ez Zauia 50 kilometers west of Tripoli which protesters took under their control.
Helicopter gunships and heavy guns were used against civilians causing numerous casualties and ruining houses, mosques and schools.
The Al Jazeera TV channel said close to a hundred unarmed protesters were killed and over 400 wounded.
In Misrata, 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, the elite government
battalion Hamsa attempted to seize control over the local airport, but was reportedly repelled.
The situation was tense in the capital of Tripoli, although Libyan
security forces promised an amnesty to all armed opponents of the Gaddafi regime who voluntarily surrender arms.
In the meantime, residents of eastern Libyan provinces threatened to march to the capital to topple Gaddafi who had been running the country for over 40 years.
It became know on Thursday that a close relative of Gaddafi and senior law enforcer Ahmad Gaddafa al-Dama fled after denouncing violence against the people.
Former Justice Minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil who participated in a
meeting of tribal chiefs of the eastern part of the country warned Gaddafi possesses biological and chemical weapons which he might use. He called on the international community to prevent the threat which is quite possible if Gaddafi "is nailed down."
continued armed assault on protesters on Thursday in order to keep control of the country and suppress the opposition.
Troops and African mercenaries were sent to the town of Ez Zauia 50 kilometers west of Tripoli which protesters took under their control.
Helicopter gunships and heavy guns were used against civilians causing numerous casualties and ruining houses, mosques and schools.
The Al Jazeera TV channel said close to a hundred unarmed protesters were killed and over 400 wounded.
In Misrata, 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, the elite government
battalion Hamsa attempted to seize control over the local airport, but was reportedly repelled.
The situation was tense in the capital of Tripoli, although Libyan
security forces promised an amnesty to all armed opponents of the Gaddafi regime who voluntarily surrender arms.
In the meantime, residents of eastern Libyan provinces threatened to march to the capital to topple Gaddafi who had been running the country for over 40 years.
It became know on Thursday that a close relative of Gaddafi and senior law enforcer Ahmad Gaddafa al-Dama fled after denouncing violence against the people.
Former Justice Minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil who participated in a
meeting of tribal chiefs of the eastern part of the country warned Gaddafi possesses biological and chemical weapons which he might use. He called on the international community to prevent the threat which is quite possible if Gaddafi "is nailed down."
