Updates from Libya as Gadhafi Targets Zintan

The World

Coalition aircraft launched two new strikes on Moammar Gadhafi’s forces in the city of Misurata Wednesday morning. It was believed that the strikes had halted new attacks by Gadhafi’s forces, but new reports say that Gadhafi’s brigades have shifted their assault to the city of Zintan. The city has been under siege for weeks. There’s no water, fuel or electricity and the hospital is said to be overflowing with civilian casualties. Mohammad Ali is one of 15 people on the local council in Misurata. He says he is grateful for coalition intervention. The New York Times’ David Kirkpatrick reports from Bani-Walid, where, he says, everyone is armed.

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