The oil city of Brega in Libya yesterday faced a second straight day of bombing by Gadhafi’s forces. Reuters reported that the airport in Brega was a major target of the bombardment. Also bombed was the city of Ajdabiya where rebel forces preparing to march on Tripoli had massed.
The oil city of Brega in Libya yesterday faced a second straight day of bombing by Gadhafi’s forces. Reuters reported that the airport in Brega was a major target of the bombardment. Also bombed was the city of Ajdabiya where rebel forces preparing to march on Tripoli had massed.
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Thursday’s attacks were part of a sustained effort by troops loyal to the Libyan leader to regain control of towns and cities controlled by anti-Gadhafi demonstrators.
The escalation of the fight has prompted more calls for the U.S. and its allies to take action. At a White House news conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday, President Obama said that despite the challenges, some of which had been raised by Defense Secretary Robert Gate, it is possible to enforce a no-fly zone. He, however, did not say if the U.S would take such step. Mr. Obama ordered the U.S. Agency for International Development to help with refuge relief operations going on at the Tunisian border. He, once again, called on Col. Gadhafi to step aside.
In The Hague, prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have opened an investigation of Muammar Gadhafi, his sons and their security forces for possible crimes against humanity. According to the Associated Press, the prosecutors are looking at alleged attack on peaceful demonstrators by Gadhafi’s security forces since the uprising started on February 15.
Meanwhile the Venezuelan minister for information, Andres Izarra, on Thursday told Reuters that Muammar Gadhafi has accepted a peace plan proposed by Hugo Chavez. The minister did not provide details of the plan aimed at finding a negotiated solution to the conflict.
The Guardian of London reported that a British citizen, Khaled Att-ardi, was killed in Tripoli where he had gone to bring back his daughter. Mr. Att-ardi was born in Libya but had lived in Manchester for 13 years.
In a related story, the director of the London School of Economics, Sir Howard Davies, has resigned his post following the revelations that the institution had been involved in a $3.3 million dollar deal to train young Libyans. The deal was part of an extensive relationship between the university and Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam. The deal brokered by the Monitor Group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was aimed at sanitizing the reputation of Libyan leader, Col. Gadhafi.
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