Libya War News Updates -- April 28, 2011

Residents of Misurata surveyed the heavy damage to Tripoli Street on Wednesday. Bryan Denton for The New York Times

NATO Strike Kills 12 Libyan Rebels In Misurata -- New York Times

MISURATA, Libya — At least one NATO warplane attacked a rebel position on the front lines of this besieged city on Wednesday, a rebel commander said, killing 12 fighters and wounding five others in what he called an accident that could have been avoided.

The rebels were at first reluctant to admit the killings had occurred, saying they did not want to discourage further airstrikes against the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, which have been shelling Misurata and pounding it with ground-to-ground rocket fire. The pace of NATO strikes had picked up noticeably in recent days, after rebel leaders complained of a lack of support since the United States turned over operational control of the air campaign to NATO at the end of March.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

FACTBOX-Latest military activity in Libya -- Reuters

Gadhafi regime hands weapons to civilians -- Yahoo News/AP
Libyan forces overrun rebels on Tunisian border -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Libyan rebels set sights on Misrata airport -- Yahoo News/AFP
Nine killed by shelling in Misrata - Libyan rebel -- Reuters
Gaddafi troops shell rebel city -- Press Association
NATO Jets Strike Qaddafi Forces Near Misrata Amid Reports of Rebel Deaths -- Bloomberg

Gadhafi is ready to use mustard gas, say rebels -- Vancouver Sun/Daily Telegraph
Libyan rebels call for advanced weaponry -- Financial Times
Libya rebel forces appeal for weapons from West -- Mail & Guardian

Gaddafi forces regain Libyan border crossing -- Al Jazeera
Gadhafi's Forces Retake Tunisia Border Crossing -- ABC News/AP
Is the anti-Qaddafi uprising spreading in Libya's west again? -- Christian Science Monitor

Libyan security forces protect gas stations as lines lengthen -- Washington Post
Children in eastern Libya cope with horrors of war -- AP
As conflict drags on, food supplies run low in Benghazi -- Reuters
Freedom now rings from one mountaintop radio station in western Libya -- Christian Science Monitor

Fleeing Libyans Find Hospitality in Tunisia -- New York Times
Thousands of Libyans 'crossing Tunisia border post' -- France 24/AFP

U.N. team quizzes Libyan officials on human rights as Misurata shelling persists -- Washington Post
UN team arrives in Libya to assess human rights issues -- Boston.com
Lawyers called to clarify rules of conflict in Libya -- The Independent
Clock Ticking, Congress Poised to Resume Debate on Libya Intervention -- FOX News

Tunisians' welcoming of Libyan refugees is altruism in action
-- Mark Vernon, The Guardian
Nato's action in Libya based on hope not knowledge -- Dmitry Babich, The Telegraph/Ria Novosti
Saving lives in Libya -- Washington Post editorial
The battle for Libya. Pressure points -- The Economist

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