{"id":347386,"date":"2011-03-29T13:12:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T13:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/witness-carnage-in-misrata\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T13:12:46","slug":"witness-carnage-in-misrata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/witness-carnage-in-misrata\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness: &#8216;Carnage&#8217; in Misrata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"57.553730810425\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"37.959229058562\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Bloody battle for Misrata<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>A witness says coalition planes are circling overhead but not striking<\/li>\n<li>Gadhafi&#8217;s forces are advancing in all directions, the witness says<\/li>\n<li>The Libyan government claims to control Misrata<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Libyan government tanks were shelling civilian areas in Misrata Tuesday and government forces were using heavy artillery as well, bringing &#8220;absolute and utter carnage&#8221; to the city, a witness told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Government forces were also evicting thousands of residents and looting their homes, according to the source with the Libyan opposition. Rebels were using schools and mosques to accommodate the evicted, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Things are getting so much worse&#8221; in the city, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Coalition planes circled overhead but did not strike the tanks, he said. In an interview with CNN, he pleaded for coalition forces to take action and stop the government troops.<\/p>\n<p>Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s forces were &#8220;advancing in all directions of the city,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Battles have been under way in Misrata for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Libyan government took some journalists to Misrata Monday in an effort to suggest that Gadhafi&#8217;s regime had control of the city, but did not allow journalists into the city center, which rebels have said they control.<\/p>\n<p>Misrata is in western Libya, east of Tripoli.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"3.7441029306648\">\n<div readability=\"3.7692307692308\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6.5029239766082\">\n<div readability=\"8.9415204678363\">\n<p>Once called the &#8220;mad dog of the Middle East,&#8221; Libya&#8217;s flamboyant leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has ruled the north African nation for 42 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.6341463414634\">\n<div readability=\"7.2439024390244\">\n<p>Interactive map gives background on U.N.-authorized intervention in Libya, as well as the latest developments in Libya&#8217;s civil war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.4869565217391\">\n<div readability=\"5.2347826086957\">\n<p>Follow CNN correspondents on the ground as they report on conflict in the Arab world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.353982300885\">\n<div readability=\"5.0796460176991\">\n<p>Peter Bergen warns against comparing U.S. involvement in two different conflicts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.3475177304965\">\n<div readability=\"6.5815602836879\">\n<p>Are you in the Middle East or North Africa? 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