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Gadhafi Forces Launch Airstrikes on Eastern Town

VOA News  March 07, 2011
Smoke rises following an air strike by Libyan warplanes near a checkpoint close to the anti-Gadhafi rebels' checkpoint in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, March 7, 2011
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Smoke rises following an air strike by Libyan warplanes near a checkpoint close to the anti-Gadhafi rebels' checkpoint in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, March 7, 2011
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have carried out multiple airstrikes on targets outside a rebel-held eastern town, and have engaged in deadly ground battles with opposition fighters throughout the war-torn North African nation.

Libyan warplanes struck positions around the oil port of Ras Lanuf Monday. One of the strikes wounded at least two people in a car. A day earlier, anti-Gadhafi fighters retreated to the coastal city from the nearby town of Bin Jawwad, following a heavy government counter-offensive aimed at stopping the rebel drive toward the capital, Tripoli.

Medics say the battle killed at least seven and wounded more than 50. The government advance on Ras Lanuf forced residents to flee and rebels to hide weapons in the desert.

Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa Monday denounced what he said are U.S., French and British contacts with the eastern-based opposition, saying it is "clear there is a conspiracy to divide Libya."

Also Monday, in an interview with the pan-Arab satellite channel Al Arabiya, one of Mr. Gadhafi's sons said Libya would descend into civil war if his father stepped down. Saadi Gadhafi warned the country would turn into a new Somalia, with Libya's tribes fighting each other.
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