GADDAFI VOWS TO CRUSH UPRISING

Cairo, Mar 16: Libyan forces closed in on the opposition stronghold of Benghazi with troops today pounding the key town of Ajdabiyah as embattled Muammar Gaddafi vowed to crush the month-old uprising.
As world powers failed to agree on a common line on Libya, Gaddafi’s troops inflicted heavy bombardment on the rebel-held Ajdabiyah, the last town before Benghazi.
However, the outgunned rebel fighters denied claims that the area had been recaptured by government troops, the BBC reported.
The fall Ajdabiya, which is 160km west of Benghazi, in the hands of Gaddafi’s troops will clear a possible attack on capital of the rebels.
Pro-Gaddafi forces were also reported to be shelling Misrata, the only western city held by the rebels.
In an address to a select gathering of his supporters last night, a defiant Gaddafi warned that Libyans would fight to the death to defend their country as he called upon his people to take up arms against a possible invasion by western powers.
Describing the rebels as “rats”, Gaddafi slammed Western nations. “They want Libyan oil,” he was quoted as saying by Al-Jazeera channel.
“France now raises its head and says that it will strike Libya,” Gaddafi told the gathering at his fortified Bab al-Azizia compound in central Tripoli. 

Lastupdate on : Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 IST



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