Reply #24: leaders again calling for #NoFly. Ras Lanuf imperiled.

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Libya uprising – live updates gu.com/p/2nhhc/tw via @guardian Rebel leaders again calling for #NoFly. Ras Lanuf imperiled.
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Libya uprising – live updates
• Bin Jawad said to have fallen to pro-Gaddafi forces
• Gaddafi loyalists marching on Ras Lanuf, with air strikes reported.


Libyan rebel fighters on the road in Bin Jawad, where there has been fierce fighting. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

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1.43pm: More information on reports of Libyan aircraft launching fresh strikes on rebel positions around Ras Lanuf from Associated Press, where anti-Gaddafi forces are calling for the west to impose a no-fly zone.

Rebels in the area said they can take on Gaddafi's elite ground forces, but are outgunned if he uses his air power.
"We don't want a foreign military intervention, but we do want a no-fly zone," said rebel fighter Ali Suleiman. He added that the rebels can take on "the rockets and the tanks, but not Gadhafi's air force."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/07/libya-uprising-live-updates?CMP=twt_gu