Retreating Gaddafi forces persist with rocket attacks on Misrata | Irish Sun

Retreating Gaddafi forces persist with rocket attacks on Misrata

The Independent Sunday 24th April, 2011

A day after glimpsing victory in Misrata, Libyan rebels came under a renewed barrage of heavy shelling from retreating government forces. Pro-Gaddafi forces pounded the besieged city with rockets despite the government's claims that its troops were withdrawing to give the local tribes time to deal with the rebels, either through dialogue or more force.The prospect of a return to the stalemate in the rebel-held city prompted US senators yesterday to call on Washington to step up its military response in Libya to bring a rapid end to a conflict that many fear could bog down the West indefinitely.

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