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Fresh attacks have\u00a0taken place in central Tripoli, with\u00a0a series of\u00a0explosions\u00a0reported as Nato continues sporadic bombing of the Libyan capital.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0Libyan government official,\u00a0speaking on condition of anonymity to the AP news agency, said on Friday that at least 10 NATO\u00a0raids hit targets in and around Tripoli.<\/p>\n

Nato\u00a0confirmed on Thursday the attacks, which it said\u00a0hit military vehicles and ammunition depots, a surface-to-air missile launcher and a fire-control radar.<\/p>\n

The attacks took place\u00a0just hours after NATO and its partners said it would extend the Libyan mission for 90 more days in support of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule.<\/p>\n

“This decision sends a clear message to the Gaddafi regime: We are determined to continue our operation to protect the people of Libya,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary-general, said.<\/p>\n

Now in its fourth month, the Libyan conflict is deadlocked, with\u00a0the opposition\u00a0forces unable to break out of their strongholds and advance towards Tripoli, where Gaddafi appears to be firmly entrenched.<\/p>\n

Opposition forces\u00a0control the east of Libya around Benghazi, the third-biggest city, Misurata, and a mountain range stretching from the town of Zintan, 150km south of Tripoli, towards the border with Tunisia.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday,\u00a0opposition fighters\u00a0in the country’s west said they had managed to force Gaddafi troops out of the towns of Qasr el-Haj and Shakchuk.The towns had been under attack since February.<\/p>\n

Residents and\u00a0opposition forces\u00a0in the west celebrated on the streets after a battle that lasted for\u00a0nearly 12 hours.<\/p>\n

By liberating the two towns, the\u00a0opposition says it\u00a0will now be able restore electricity to three other areas, one of which is Zintan, which has been heavily bombarded in recent days.<\/p>\n

Misurata fighting<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the city of Misurata,\u00a0opposition fighters have pushed forces loyal to Gaddafi out of the centre of the city and pushed westwards towards the neighbouring town of Zlitan, where they\u00a0are exchanging artillery fire.<\/p>\n

“They [pro-Gaddafi forces] are randomly bombarding from an area near Zlitan,” Youssef, an opposition spokesman, told the Reuters news agency from Misurata.<\/p>\n

Zlitan could become the next battleground,\u00a0opposition forces\u00a0said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Opposition fighters say they have forced Gaddafi troops out of\u00a0two towns in the west\u00a0[Al Jazeera]<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Residents there said pro-Gaddafi forces have been moving into the town and mounting a crackdown to prevent regime opponents from rising up and joining the opposition.<\/p>\n

“Gaddafi has tightened security here. His brigades have been getting reinforcement every day. They have stepped up their campaign to arrest, terrify and frighten residents,” an opposition spokesman in Zlitan, who identified himself as Mabrouk, said.<\/p>\n

“The humanitarian situation is very bad. There are shortages of foodstuffs, baby milk and medicine. There has been no fuel for almost two months.”<\/p>\n

In another development, UN and US officials\u00a0said that Qatar deported\u00a0Iman al-Obeidi,\u00a0a Libyan woman\u00a0who accused Gaddafi’s soldiers of raping her\u00a0on March 26,\u00a0back to Libya.<\/p>\n

Vincent Cochetel, the UNHCR representative in Washington, told the AFP\u00a0news agency\u00a0that a Qatari military\u00a0jet flew al-Obeidi to the port city of Benghazi, which is held by rebels, and she was now staying there in a hotel.<\/p>\n

A Libyan rebel official told AFP last month that al-Obeidi had escaped from Libya to Qatar with the help of rebels.<\/p>\n

She attracted international media attention when she stormed into the Rixos hotel on March 26, threw open her coat to reveal scars and bruises on her body to expose her ordeal.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0UN inquiry accused Gaddafi’s\u00a0government on Wednesday of carrying out systematic attacks on the population, saying it committed war crimes and also crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

While it noted fewer reports of violations by the opposition, the commission of inquiry set up by the UN Human Rights Council also found that rebel forces committed acts that constituted war crimes.<\/p>\n

Libyan attendance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Separately, the Libyan government announced it will send a representative to the meeting of the international oil-exporting countries’ group, OPEC, a day\u00a0after Shokri Ghanem, the country’s oil minister, confirmed his defection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mussa Ibrahim, the Libyan government spokesperson, said on Thursday that the government would be represented at the meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries\u00a0(OPEC) in Vienna on June 8.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have a name yet, but we’ll have somebody,” he said.<\/p>\n

The announcement came a day after Ghanem announced in Rome that he now supports the Libyan opposition, making him the second most senior official to quit the Gaddafi government.<\/p>\n

However, Ibrahim played down the significance of Ghanem’s departure. “This is a country, a state, a government, not just one person,” Ibrahim told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

Up to now, oil and gas has accounted for 95 per cent of Libya’s export income, 25 per cent of its gross domestic product and 80 per cent of government revenue, according to US government statistics.<\/p>\n

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