Revolutionary forces say the bombing on the besieged city has caused many casualties, including people of other nationalities that were awaiting evacuation. They add that the shelling is continuing on the city's residential as well as industrial areas.
"There has been a lot of shelling in Misrata today," said Jalal al-Gallal, an opposition front man in eastern city of Benghazi.
"I am afraid the number could be far higher than we would like to hear," Gallal added.
He also noted that revolutionary forces were still trying to verify the total number of casualties for the past 72 hours.
Misratah has been under a siege by government forces for over two months now. Human rights groups say hundreds of people have been killed in the port city during the weeks-long regime siege.
| You know, if the city isn't surrounded, the rebels could always evacuate the wimmins and kidlings... |
His forces are pressing on with a campaign that has created a humanitarian crisis and forced thousands to flee the country.
The
International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
(ICC) says it has found evidence that Qadaffy's forces have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
ICC chief, Luis Moreno Ocampo, says the information at hand proves that the regime forces have committed capital crimes against the Libyan people. He accused pro-Qadaffy forces of systematically firing on civilians.
Tripoli has rejected the report as unverified.
Iran Press TV boilerplate spittle from this point on:
Libya has been the scene of fierce fighting between Pro-Qadaffy troops and anti-regime forces since mid February. The revolutionary forces want an end to Qadaffy's decades-long rule.
The US and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
have unleashed a punishing, UN mandated offensive against Qadaffy to pressure him to give up power.
But scores of civilians have been killed in both internal festivities and foreign air strikes.