Libya: British Air Attack on Oil Field Bypass

“British aircraft conducted an air strike against bypass oil field. After the attack, three guards were killed, while other employees were injured,” said Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim.

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Kaim has said the air attack damaged a pipeline to connect to the Libyan port of Marsa El Hariga, the eastern coastal city of Tobruk, located 460 miles from Benghazi. ”There is no doubt that this aggression is against international law and is not in accordance with United Nations resolution,” Khaled said Kaim.

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Bypass oil field, discovered in 1961, is located in the Sirte Basin, where there are about 80% of oil reserves in Libya. 

British Ministry of Defense officials were not immediately available for comment until this time.

Libyan military leader of the rebels launched a complaint against the unprecedented NATO, accusing the alliance as “let people die from Misra (West) barrages against forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who have gained ground in the east, near Brega , relateza AFP.

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“The media should support strong international Misra and NATO to ask for help makes us think that bombing a service here and there, while leaving residents Misra die every day,” said Gen. Abdel Fattah Younes Tuesday, in a news conference in rebel feud at Benghazi (east). ”If NATO waiting for a week, will be the end for Misra, we will not find anyone there,” said the general, was Gaddafi’s interior minister who joined the rebellion in February.

Hundreds of mercenaries from Belarus Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to help him withstand the NATO air strikes and insurrection in the country, says Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda on Thursday. These soldiers, mostly former members of elite forces unit 334, have contracts individual and are paid by the Libyan regime, Russian daily said, quoting sources inside the Belarusian Headquarters.

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