Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates May 5, 2011



Col Gaddafi's Forces Adopt Tactics Of Mass Terror -- The Telegraph

Col Gaddafi's forces have adopted tactics of mass terror to force the Libyan opposition into submission, senior British military sources have revealed.

His forces are going to extreme lengths to attack civilians after their conventional army with its tanks and artillery has suffered substantial losses from Nato air attacks with a third being destroyed.

The RAF and Royal Navy alone have destroyed at least 250 tanks and artillery and Nato air attacks have destroyed a third of Libya's armour.

Defence sources have disclosed that while Gaddafi was unlikely to use any outlawed chemical weapons he could resort to making lethal concoctions from industrial substances.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Libyan rebels held city despite odds -- Yahoo News/AP
Libya's Misrata pounded as ICC eyes crimes -- Yahoo News/AFP
Libya: Aid ship comes under fire in Misrata -- BBC
Gaddafi targets relief ship as it evacuates Misrata wounded in Libya -- The Guardian
Libyan govt shelling kills 4 as aid ship docks -- Yahoo News/AP
Libyan rebels say Benghazi car blast was accident -- Reuters

Gaddafi arrest likely to get go-ahead as UN looks to war crimes trial -- The Guardian
ICC expected to charge Gadafy with war crimes -- Irish Times
Proposed ICC arrest warrants to be issued by judges: prosecutor -- Xinhuanet
War Crimes Committed in Libya, Says Former Special Court for Sierra Leone Prosecutor -- Voice of America
Muammar Gaddafi facing war crimes arrest warrant -- The Telegraph
Qaddafi's cadre one step closer to justice -- CBS News
Indicting Gaddafi for War Crimes: Will It Help or Hurt? -- Vivienne Walt, Time

Allies Plan Fund For Libyan Rebels -- Wall Street Journal
Libya’s rebel government asks for $3 billion in international loans -- Washington Post
Libya coalition tries to help rebels raise funds -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Libya rebels seek ways to keep their economy afloat -- L.A. Times

Bin Laden Killing Unlikely to Change Qaddafi's Stance in Libya, Analysts Say -- FOX News
Gaddafi’s Libya reminds U.S. who issued the first bin Laden arrest warrant -- Washington Post

Italy to host Libya coalition talks
-- Al Jazeera
Italy to try to seek date for end of Libya mission -- AP
Turkey tells Gaddafi to go now -- The Australian/AP
Sudan deploys troops at Libya border, evicts envoy -- Reuters
Hidden Workshops Add to Libyan Rebels’ Arsenal -- New York Times
Strikes on Gaddafi command centre 'wholly legitimate' -- BBC
Libya raids not aimed at killing Kadhafi: French FM -- AFP
Targeting Mr. Gaddafi -- Washington Post editorial

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