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NATO destroys 25 Gaddafi tanks around Adjabiya and Misratah

Arab World Materials 10 April 2011 18:23 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, April 10 /Trend/

NATO airstrikes near the Libyan cities of Ajdabiya and Misratah on Sunday have resulted in 25 tanks belonging to Gaddafi forces being destroyed, Alliance's official website reported.

"The situation in Ajdabiya, and Misratah in particular, is desperate for those Libyans who are being brutally shelled by the Regime. To help protect these civilians we continue to strike these forces hard, with 11 tanks destroyed today as they approached Ajdabiya, and 14 tanks destroyed earlier this morning in the outskirts of Misratah," said Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, Commander of Operation Unified Protector.

NATO Operation Unified Protector is mandated under the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 to protect civilians from attack using any means necessary.

"We are hitting the Regime logistics facilities as well as their heavy weapons because we know Gaddafi is finding it hard to sustain his attacks on civilians", said Bouchard. "One recent strike cratered the road leading to Ajdabiya, west of Brega, where his fuel and ammunition is being moved forward on large trucks. Further west we hit two more storage bunkers where the ammunition is coming from."

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