Libya pounds rebel bastion as UN OKs air attacks 03/19/2011

KADHAFI SHUTS DOWN AIR SPACE

Libya pounds rebel bastion as UN OKs air attacks

03/19/2011
After the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve air attacks with the No-Fly Zone and use military force to protect the Libyan rebels, while ruling out ground troops, Agence France Presse reported that fighting between insurgents and forces loyal to strongman Moamer Kadhafi raged Friday in the rebel-held towns of Zintan, Nalut and Misrata in western Libya, witnesses and rebel sources said.

Kadhafi closed down airspace after the UNSC’s announced air attack.

Kadhafi forces attacked Zintan, 120 kilometers southwest of Tripoli, late Thursday “and there were violent clashes with the rebels,” a resident, reached by telephone, told AFP.

“The fighting was continuing Friday morning. There are casualties on both sides,” he added..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110319hed1.html