Fighting is going on in the city of Brega oil, where opposition forces have made some progress [Reuters]Libyan rebel forces had to abandon the oil town of Brega and the head is in the direction of Ajdabiya in an offensive by the loyal troops of Muammar al-Gaddafi, Libyan leader renewed.
The two sides exchanged heavy Tuesday, but just a day after that rebel gunfire resumed a residential part of the city, they are forced to retreat and return is head to the town of Ajdabiya.
Said opposition forces they came under rocket and artillery fire, and while trying to fight with mortars and rockets that are specific to them, they were unable to resume the Brega.
"When you see this, the situation is very bad." We cannot match their weapons, "said Kamal Mughrabi, 64, a former soldier who joined the armed opposition. "If [coalition] aircraft back and their success we will have to keep by folding."
At the beginning Tuesday, a coalition airstrike targeted eight government vehicles advancing to the positions of the opposition, rebel agent Abdel Basset Abibi said.
The Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, head of NATO Allied operations, said on Tuesday that the new NATO "priority number one" was the Western City of Misurata, where residents say they have been besieged for weeks by the forces of pro-Gaddafi.
"Misurata is priority number one because of the situation on the ground over there." "We have confirmation that, in Misurata tanks, are currently dispersed, being hidden, [and] humans being used as shields to prevent NATO to identify targets outputs", he said.
Van Uhm said that troops from Gaddafi had been adjust their tactics to cope with the threat of strikes air coalition, travelling in trucks and light vehicles at the front line and hide their tanks and vehicles armoured view.
Impasse Brega
The front in the conflict line was paralysed around Brega for nearly a week, with the advantage of Gaddafi in tanks and artillery annihilated by the air strikes NATO which back the rebels effectively-led.
After a series of rapid rebel advances followed by retreats headlong, democracy at least fighters held their ground in this city of oil for several days, put their forces the best trained in the battle for the city and keeping disorganized volunteers away.
Abibi, the rebel officer, said the two parties clashed in the city until nightfall Monday night and then rebels returns to the periphery. The night passed without much incident, until the coalition airstrike Tuesday morning.
Monday, columns of opposition fighters drove up to the main coastal road, return to the land that they had given up the day before, but the effective use of artillery and landmines by the troops of Gaddafi them maintained remotely.
"New Brega is under the control of our forces and we are cleaning around the University, said Lt Muftah Omar Hamza, former Libyan air force Member has joined the rebels, said at the time."
Rebel oil export
During this time, the rebels are also receive boost with their shipments of oil loading first cause will begin on Tuesday.
The oil tanker Ecuador, which can carry 1 million barrels of crude oil, was due to arrive on the ship Eastern satellite Libyan port of Marsa el Hariga, near Tobruk, followed by data showed Monday, while the Suezmax tanker is moored to the East of Tobruk Harbour Tuesday.
A complete loading oil on or oil would be millions of dollars, help the rebel leaders to pay wages and reinforce his image as a potential government capable of support.
The last oil shipment to leave the Libya was on 18 March.
During this time, in the capital, Tripoli, angered by fuel shortages and of long queues for commodities caused by sanctions and air strikes, some residents began to openly predicting the imminent collapse of Gaddafi.
The Government has offered concessions. Spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said Libya is ready for a "political solution" with powers global, offered a "constitution, election, anything." "But the leader has to lead to the front."
Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelati Obeidi ended a trip to Greece, Turkey and Malta to set the position of the Government.
The Turkey expects an emissary to visit the opposition in the coming days and is listening on both sides.
"Both parties have a rigid position, an official of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said after the visit of the Obeidi." On the one hand, the opposition is insisting that Gaddafi should go. On the other side is saying that Gaddafi should remain. It is therefore no breakthrough yet. ?
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