Libya Military
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Did Gaddaffi Bomb His Own People? Airstrikes In Libya Did Not Take Place - Russian Military :
By RT
The reports of Libya mobilizing its air force against its own people spread quickly around the world. However, Russia's military chiefs say they have been monitoring from space -- and the pictures tell a different story. Ref. Source 4
Gaddafi forces hit Libyan rebels:
A doctor at one of the hospitals in rebel-held territory, where casualties were being treated from the fierce clashes round the refinery town of Raslanuf on Friday, said there were "many dead and wounded" by rocket fire from loyalist defenders. Ref. Source 5
Libya could split, says British defence secretary, as regime hits rebels hard:
Government troops launched assaults on three rebel-held towns: Zawiya 30 miles to the west of Tripoli, Misurata 120 miles to the east, and the oil port of Ras Lanuf, taken by the opposition on Saturday. Ref. Source 4
At least 40 killed as Gadhafi forces close in on rebel-held Libya city:
Senior Libyan officers reportedly among dead as forces surround Zawiyah center square with tanks, take control of main road and suburbs; army snipers poised on tops of buildings, shooting random. Ref. Source 6