Monday, May 9, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates May 9, 2011



Supplies Running Low In Besieged Libyan Rebel City -- L.A. Times

Attacks on Misurata's port by forces loyal to Moammar Kadafi have disrupted the supply of aid. The city may run out of food and fuel in a few weeks.

Reporting from Benghazi, Libya — Food and fuel supplies are running low in the besieged western Libyan city of Misurata, where government shelling and rocket strikes on the port have slowed humanitarian deliveries, a rebel official here said Sunday.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Shortages choke Tripoli as sanctions take hold -- Yahoo News/AP
NATO says Kadhafi's time is up as fighting rages -- Yahoo News/AFP
NATO planes pound Libyan government weapons depot -- Yahoo News/Reuters

FACTBOX-Latest military activity in Libya -- Reuters
Supplies running low in besieged Libyan rebel city -- L.A. Times
Misrata survivor: 'Oh God, it's like a horror movie' -- CNN
Heavy Fighting Near Libya's Misrata Airport -- Radio free Europe
NATO targets Libyan weapons depots -- Al Jazeera
Gaddafi 'Shoot 'N Scoot' Frustrates NATO in Misrata -- New York Times/Reuters
Rebels cling to high ground in Libya's west -- Reuters
Libyan battles rage in western mountains -- ABC.net (Australia)
20,000 flee from Gaddafi rocket attacks -- The Australian/AFP
Libya Tribal Appeal to Rebels Falls Flat -- Wall Street Journal
NATO Official: More Progress Than Meets Eye In Libya -- NPR
Rebel gunfire fuels Libyan revolutionary fever -- AFP
Rifts among Libyan rebels stalling creation of a credible government -- Irish Times
Europe's invisible 'boots on the ground' in rebel Libya -- Montreal Gazette/AFP

NATO chief urges political solution as fighting rages in Libya -- Deutsche Welle
NATO chief says no military solution solely to Libyan conflict -- Xinhuanet

Libyan rape victim flees the country with help from defecting soldiers and Western diplomats -- Daily Mail
Alleged gang-rape victim flees Libya -- MSNBC
LIBYA: Alleged gang-rape victim Eman Obeidy flees to Tunisia -- L.A. Times
Libya rape claim woman Eman al-Obeidi flees to Tunisia -- BBC

U.N.: Ship with 600 reported sunk off Libya -- CBS News
UNHCR: Witnesses say ship with 600 sunk near Libya -- AP

In Tripoli, dissenters speak softly -- Financial Times
Miles-long fuel lines, shuttered shops and empty streets as shortages choke Tripoli -- Washington Post

Libya rebels score breakthrough $100 million oil deal -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Libya rebels receiving oil payments via Qatar fund -- Reuters
Libya rebels remake schools for Gaddafi-free thought -- Reuters

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