Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Libya War News Updates -- April 5, 2011



Gadhafi Stops Rebels in Battle for Oil Port -- Wall Street Journal

Libyan government forces on Tuesday unleashed a new round of bombardment of rebels trying to take back a key oil town to thwart their latest drive, as officials close to Col. Moammar Gadhafi said they might consider some reforms but the leader wouldn't be stepping down.

The rebels had managed to take part of the oil town of Brega, aided by an international air campaign that the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations says has already destroyed nearly a third of Col. Gadhafi's weaponry, but the withering rocket and artillery salvos unleashed on the rebels indicates the government's offensive capabilities remain very much intact.

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More News On The Libyan Civil War

Airstrikes destroy 30 percent of Gadhafi's weapons -- AP
Strikes destroy 30 pct of Libya military power -NATO -- Reuters
US to withdraw strike jets from Libya mission -- AP
Nato lacking strike aircraft for Libya campaign -- The Guardian
Qaddafi's troops, rebels locked in standoff around Brega: April 5 Mideast update -- Christian Science Monitor
NATO Airstrike Hits Libyan Military Near Brega -- Voice of America
Gaddafi Forces Take Brega -- Al Jazeera
Government bombardment pushes back Libyan rebels -- Yahoo News/AP
Libyan forces push rebels back -- Press Association
Rebels flee east Libya oil town under rocket fire -- Reuters
Under Heavy Assault, Rebels Flee Brega -- New York Times
In Libya: Rebels Edge Forward; U.K. Seeks To Encourage Defectors -- NPR
Libyan Rebels Complain of Deadly Delays Under NATO’s Command -- New York Times
CIA Secretly at Work Inside Libya -- Voice of America

Libya War Costs M.I.A. -- The Danger Room
Libya Mission Has Cost U.S. Air Force $4 Million a Day -- Bloomberg
Libya war costs $4 million a day: US Air Force -- AFP

Libyan rebels get diplomatic, military boost -- Washington Post
U.S. Envoy Arrives In Benghazi To Meet With Libyan Opposition -- ABC News
U.S. envoy in Benghazi to size up Libya rebels -- CBS News

Gaddafi planned civilian killings, Hague court says -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Gadhafi planned civilian killings, Hague court says -- Toronto Star
Gaddafi planned civilian killings: ICC -- National Post

Libya: Gaddafi family vows to never leave -- The Telegraph
Libya ‘ready for political solution’ but Gadhafi insists on staying -- Globe And Mail

Official Sees Danger in Leaderless Nation
-- Wall Street Journal
Libyan Oil Minister Suggests Change at Top Is Inevitable -- Wall Street Journal
Libyan rebels to resume oil exports through tanker -- Yahoo News/AP
Tanker On Way To Libyan Rebel-Held Terminal, Raising Hopes For Arms Funds -- Radio Free Europe

Alleged Libyan rape victim Iman al-Obeidi breaks through to the international press
-- Yahoo News/The Cutline
Iman al-Obeidi 'released' from Libyan detention -- The Guardian
Rape victim becomes a heroine of the revolution -- Sydney Morning Herald

Negotiating Gaddafi's exit -- Al Jazeera
Obama's calculated gamble on Libya strategy -- F. Stephen Larrabee, CNN
Robert Gates Tries to Tell the Truth About Libya -- Is Anybody Listening? -- Michael Goodwin, FOX News
Obama's Half-Rumsfeld in Libya -- George Melloan, Wall Street Journal
A Safe Place After Horror in Libya -- Souad Mekhennet, New York Times
In Libya, Why The Rebels Struggle -- Barak Barfi, NPR/New Republic
Koran-inspired Libyan rebels 'as likely to attack the CIA as Qaddafi' -- Andrew G. Bostom, American Thinker
John Simpson's Gaddafi interview shows why we cannot deal with Saif al-Islam -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Libya gives spies a chance to shine -- Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

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