Moammar Khadafy troops pounded the city of Bir al-Ghanam on Saturday (08/06/2011) to ward off opposition. However, as the AP and AFP on Monday (08/08/2011), the opposition still has not been toppled from there. In fact, deny the existence of opposition parties Khadafy the botched attack.
The opposition, on Monday morning, looks to celebrate the mastery of the town located about 80 km south of the capital city through attacks aimed at ending a deadlock for months. But a few hours earlier the government said the city was re-captured and returned to normal life.
During the attack, hundreds of opposition members of Nafousa Mountains in the west down towards the cities of the coastal plain. Military successes in the western part is very important for the possibility of the opposition to defeat the government Khadafy, which inhibits the movement of opposition from Benghazi in the east.
Hundreds of people were killed and regions internationally backed no-fly the United Nations has been in place since riots against the authoritarian rule Gaddafi begins in February.
Earlier in Benghazi an opposition spokesman said troops moved closer Zawiya, a city which is seen as a springboard for attacks on Tripoli itself.
Colonel Ahmed Bani adding the opposition forces in the east of Tripoli Misrata also noted the progress reached the outskirts Zlitan. The third attack from the west reported recently started from Brega.
Nevertheless Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi told reporters Sunday that the Bir al-Ghanam fully controlled government. He also accused NATO aircraft bombing of Tripoli and improving other cities Libya. Khadafy said NATO was not able to distinguish a civilian with a military headquarters.
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