{"id":338247,"date":"2011-03-25T15:56:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T15:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/libya-foes-in-ajdabiya-stalemate\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T15:56:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T15:56:53","slug":"libya-foes-in-ajdabiya-stalemate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/libya-foes-in-ajdabiya-stalemate\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya foes in Ajdabiya stalemate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"61.8450536353\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>25 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>11:56 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Libyan rebels have reached a standoff with pro-Gaddafi forces around the  town of Ajdabiya, witnesses say.<\/p>\n<p>French and British jets bombed targets near the eastern town overnight, including government forces&#8217; artillery.<\/p>\n<p>Rebels had tried to attack pro-Gaddafi forces after the air strikes, but said they had to call off the assault.<\/p>\n<p>The town has been besieged for days. Fleeing residents said the streets were deserted, and that government troops were opening fire at random.<\/p>\n<p>Western forces began bombing targets last weekend in a bid to enforce a UN resolution that banned the Libyan military from launching air attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n<p>UK officials say Nato will take over the lead of the operation from the Americans in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the raids have weakened pro-Gaddafi forces considerably, but fighting has continued in Misrata in the west and Ajdabiya in the east.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--  Embedding the audio player --><br \/>\n<!--  This is the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2d299e458994_de27-1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Rebel forces in Libya\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Player embedded -->      <\/p>\n<p>The Reuters news agency said a major rebel offensive on Ajdabiya had been aborted on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Rebel fighter Muammar told the agency: &#8220;We have men further up front and I am waiting for orders from them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The men, driving pick-up trucks armed with rocket launchers, said they had been spurred on by the bombing raids.<\/p>\n<p>The AFP news agency reported that Gaddafi loyalists in armoured vehicles had repelled attacks by rebels at the gates of the town.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2d299e458994_de27-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12864460\" title=\"Libya foes in Ajdabiya stalemate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libya foes in Ajdabiya stalemate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 March 2011 Last updated at 11:56 ET Libyan rebels have reached a standoff with pro-Gaddafi forces around the town of Ajdabiya, witnesses say. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-338247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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