Gaddafi's Army pushes against the rebels

The Russians, evacuated from Libya, arrived in Moscow on Thursday morning with the board of the Emergencies Ministry. Total 105 people. Today it became known that a former foreign minister fled from Libya. He has already asked for political asylum in London. Meanwhile, the troops of Gaddafi, despite the airstrikes of the western coalition, continue to push the rebels.

Not having time to really celebrate the victory, the rebels are forced to quickly retreat. Trucks with rebels, many of whom are wounded, leave Ras Lanuf and head east to Benghazi.

"When we entered Ras Lanuf, we immediately came under artillery shelling. As a result, the city had to be abandoned," says one of the rebels.

Artillery shells explode in Breguet. Gaddafi's troops are trying to oust opposition forces from the country's key oil port. Those who are trying to defend the city, say: if the Western coalition does not help now, it will be too late.

"We can not be in the firepower with the army of Gaddafi. Here is our weapon - this is all that we have ", - said another rebel.

Meanwhile, the international coalition forces continue to inflict airstrikes on the positions of the colonel. In the area of ​​Adzhdabiya, a column of troops was destroyed. True, Libyan state television insists that the victims of the bombings are mostly civilians.

In Benghazi, information about civilian casualties is refuted. It is said that the Western coalition acts coherently and carefully.

"This includes patients who were injured by soldiers of the Gaddafi army. As a result of NATO air strikes, there are no casualties here," said Benghazi doctor Ahmed Sahli.

How to help the rebels in the fight against the Gaddafi regime, reflect on in Washington. On condition of confidentiality, a source in the White House told Reuters that Barack Obama authorized secret CIA operations to support Libyan resistance. The president allegedly signed the corresponding order approximately 2-3 a week ago. In turn, the channel ABC said: orientation does not contain direct instructions to undercover agents to immediately begin the supply of weapons to the rebels.

"We consider the question of assistance to the Libyan opposition very carefully. We are conducting a dialogue with their representatives to understand how we can help them fight the Gaddafi regime, while avoiding civilian casualties," said White House speaker Jay Karni.

The White House is sure: the days of the Gaddafi regime are numbered. The colonel is losing popularity not only among the local population, but also among the closest political environment. The day before it became known that former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Kussa fled the country. First, the official went to Tunisia, and then flew away to London, where he asked for political asylum. Moreover, the Foreign Ministry of the United Kingdom stressed that Kussa acted on his own will.