• How's that No-Fly Zone going, NATO? Gadaffi plane bombs Misurata's only fuel source
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[quote=Al Jazeera] Gaddafi planes 'destroy Misurata fuel tanks' Rebels say Nato was alerted but failed to respond to raid by small aircraft on besieged city's "only source" of fuel. Libyan government forces have dropped bombs on four large oil-storage tanks in the contested western city of Misurata, destroying the facilities and sparking a fire that spread to four more, according to a rebel spokesman. Government forces used small, pesticide-spraying planes for the overnight attack in Qasr Ahmed close to the port, Ahmed Hassan, the spokesman, said on Saturday. Misurata is the last remaining city in the west under rebel control. It has been under siege for more than two months and has been the scene of some of the war's fiercest fighting between the rebels and loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's long-time ruler. Hassan said the rebels notified NATO about the aircraft before the attack but there was no response. "Four tanks were totally destroyed and huge fire erupted which spread now to the other four. We cannot extinguish it because we do not have the right tools," he said. "Now the city will face a major problem. Those were the only source of fuel for the city. These tanks could have kept the city for three months with enough fuel." Gaddafi's forces flew at least one helicopter reconnaissance mission over Misurata last month, according to the rebels. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting on Saturday from Benghazi, the rebel stronghold in eastern Libya, said that the reported attack in Misurata was very disconcerting for the people who rely on the stored fuel. "People are raising questions because NATO patrols the skies 24 hours a day," he said. "This incident, together with the mines in the harbour, are very worrying for the locals." Helicopter attacks The rebels have also accused Gaddafi of using helicopters bearing the Red Cross emblem of dropping mines into Misurata's harbour. Suleiman Fortiya, who represents Misurata on the rebel interim National Transitional Council, said small helicopters flew over Misurata on Thursday and Friday to drop mines. "They had Red Crescent and Red Cross markers so that anyone who sees them thinks it is for humanitarian aid," he said. An aid worker said he saw helicopters on Friday marked with the Red Crescent circling above the port and dropping mines into the sea. NATO confirmed that helicopters had flown over Misurata on Thursday in breach of the no-fly zone that its jets are supposed to enforce. However, it could not confirm that the helicopters were marked with the Red Cross sign. NATO official told the AFP news agency a ship involved in the the coalition's operations had observed a number of helicopters over Misurata on Thursday, which came under fire from rebel forces. "We are aware of reports that the helicopters were marked with the Red Cross," the official said. He said no humanitarian flights had been notified for the Misurata area on that day. "Any use of the Red Cross to disguise combat forces would be a breach of international law," he said.[/quote] [url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/05/201157112432539341.html]Source[/url]
this libya shit is still on?
[QUOTE=victormeriqui_1;29686962]this libya shit is still on?[/QUOTE] ummm why would you think it would end
[QUOTE=victormeriqui_1;29686962]this libya shit is still on?[/QUOTE] Just because you don't hear it on the news everyday doesn't mean it's not continuing.
This could potentially be disastrous, if the hospitals can't get power.
Ouch. Interested to hear what NATO has to say about this.
The fuck NATO? you suck
[QUOTE=SBD;29686907]"Any use of the Red Cross to disguise combat forces would be a breach of international law," he said.[/QUOTE] Libya breaking the Geneva convention???? NO WAY!!!
[QUOTE=victormeriqui_1;29686962]this libya shit is still on?[/QUOTE] It's not very exciting anymore, so the News teams moved on to something else. [b]Edit:[/b] It's Old News.
Gaddafi was so innocent before this D:
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;29687639]The fuck NATO? you suck[/QUOTE] You can't really blame them, they are enforcing a NFZ and bombing ground targets with very few aircraft. There is no way with the number of planes they have at the moment to cover every single inch of Libyan airspace.
I bet you won't see very much of this on the media
Well, this is one of the solutions to conducting air missions on a high-technology battlefield where your opponent has the edge in control of the air.
i thought the moment osama was killed people stopped giving a shit about Libya...
This is sad but no unsurprising, they can't have every inch of the NFZ covered.
[QUOTE=privatesmily;29688550]i thought the moment osama was killed people stopped giving a shit about Libya...[/QUOTE] Are you retarded [editline]8th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=dvondrake;29691167]Seems like everyone, even NATO, stops giving a shit about things once they stop getting media attention.[/QUOTE] Gasp, you too? You guys realize that NATO is still sending support to enforce the no fly zone, just because they didn't manage to respond to disguised aircraft doesn't mean they gave up because they weren't in the news anymore.
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