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Rebel forces from Misrata have arrived in Tripoli by sea and thrown themselves into battles in the capital city, Bani said, adding that there will be more rebel soldiers coming from Zawiya, Surman and Gharyan to join the battle.
In the east front, rebels are besieging Brega from north, south and middle sides of the city.
In a co-ordinated revolt that rebel cells had been secretly preparing for months, shooting started on Saturday night across Tripoli, moments after Muslim clerics, using loudspeakers on mosque minarets, called people onto the streets.
At least 200 rebels were landed by sea from boats that set out from the western rebel stronghold of Misrata.
Fighting in Tripoli on Saturday night and yesterday morning killed 376 people on both sides and injured about 1 000, an official in Muammar Gaddafi’s government told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Gaddafi, in his second audio broadcast in 24 hours, dismissed the rebels as rats.
“I am giving the order to open the weapons stockpiles,” Gaddafi said. “I call on all Libyans to join this fight. Those who are afraid, give your weapons to your mothers or sisters.
“Go out, I am with you until the end. I am in Tripoli. We will . . . win.”
Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans to take up arms and crush an uprising in Tripoli as rebel troops closed on the capital for a final onslaught on his stronghold.
“I am afraid if we don’t act, they will burn Tripoli,” he said in an audio address broadcast on state television.
“There will be no more water, food, electricity or freedom.”
The fighting inside Tripoli, combined with rebel advances to the outskirts of the city, appeared to signal the decisive phase in a six month conflict that has embroiled NATO powers on the rebel side. – Reuters-Xinhua.
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