Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates May 24, 2011



Libya: Nato's Most Ferocious Air Strike On Tripoli -- The Telegraph

NATO'S frustration with the pace of events in Libya was felt first as a subterranean rumble, then as the shriek of jets, and finally the sharp blast of high explosives.

"The whole ceiling was just vibrating," said Ola Remi, 30, a Nigerian who lives in a house next to the impact zone. "The whole area, all the houses, shook."

"Imagine what it's like for our mothers and children," shouted Fathallah Salem, 45. "We really thought it was the Day of Judgement."

Tripoli has got used to the sound of bombs. But the Nato attack in the early hours of Tuesday morning was of a different order.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

FACTBOX-Latest military activity in Libya -- Reuters
NATO hits Tripoli; US says rebels can open office -- Yahoo News/AP
NATO mounts heaviest strike yet on Gaddafi compound -- Yahoo News/Reuters
NATO pounds Libya capital hardest yet -- Yahoo News/AFP
NATO Bombs Libyan Capital in Heaviest Strikes Yet -- New York Times
Airstrikes pound Tripoli as NATO escalates Libya campaign -- Christian Science Monitor
NATO Slams Tripoli With Heaviest Strikes Since Start of Bombing Campaign -- Bloomberg
Nato air strikes hit Tripoli in heaviest bombing yet -- The Guardian
NATO rains bombs and adds attack helicopters -- Sydney Morning Herald

Libyan Rebels Restore Old Weapons, Wait For New -- NPR
Libya: 'Forced to rape in Misrata' -- BBC
British, French attack helicopters en route to Libya -- L.A. Times
'No decision yet' on UK helicopter gunships in Libya -- BBC
Apache helicopter use would mark 'serious escalation' of Libya conflict -- The Guardian

France says Libyan mission to last "a few months" -- Reuters
NATO campaign aimed at ousting Gaddafi - Russian NATO envoy -- RIA Novosti
Libya says NATO causing humanitarian crisis -- CNN

Libya: Benghazi rebel visit for senior US official
-- BBC
U.S. invites Libyan rebel council to open D.C. office -- Washington Post
Libyan Opposition Accepts Invitation For Representative Office In Washington -- Radio Free Europe
Libyan Rebel Council to Open Office in Washington -- Voice of America
Libya: Rebels 'to open office in US' - Jeffrey Feltman -- BBC

Analysis: Libya escalation may not tip balance quickly -- Reuters
This Libyan war is on the cheap -- Chris Parry, The Guardian

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