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| Airstrikes on Tripoli, Zintan |
| 2011-05-09 |
| [Al Jazeera] NATO air attacks have hit Libyan government weapons depots near Zintan, southwest of Tripoli, the capital, according to a rebel front man in the town. Separately, two loud kabooms rocked a western sector of Tripoli on Sunday as jets flew overhead, witnesses told the AFP news agency. An international coalition began carrying out attacks on forces loyal to Muammar Qadaffy, Libya's long-time ruler, on March 19, under a UN mandate to protect civilians in the country. NATO took command of operations over Libya on March 31. "NATO struck weapons depots five minutes ago in an area which lies about 30km southeast of Zintan," Abdulrahman, the rebel front man, told the Rooters news agency by telephone on Sunday. "We heard a loud kaboom ... I think the strike hit some of them [the depots]. "We are now at a cemetery burying 11 people martyred during yesterday's fighting, in which 35 other fighters were also maimed." |
| Posted by:Fred |