Rebels: Gadhafi fighters shell western mountains

Diaa Hadid and Bouazza Ben Bouazza
Houston Chronicle
May 18, 2011

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi shelled villages and towns to try to take control of the high ground in a western mountain range, while a U.N. official appealed for global assistance for some 2 million people displaced by fighting between Gadhafi’s forces and rebels trying to oust him.

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya said some 1.6 million people inside the North African country need aid because fighting has disrupted basic services and depleted food and medical stocks.

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Coordinator Panos Moumtzis, who is based in Geneva, an additional 500,000 who have crossed borders to Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere in the region also need humanitarian assistance.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 8:35 am

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