"More Coalition Attacks Coming against Qaddafi's Ground Forces?
March 23, 2011 4:10 P.M.
By Rich Lowry
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…although the tanks rolled back to some extent in Misurata, there were reports of renewed fighting in Ajdabiya in the east and Zintan in the west. US Rear Adm Gerard Hueber, chief of staff of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn, said that Col Gaddafi's forces were attacking Misurata and Ajdabiya with tanks, artillery and rocket launchers and making incursions into both cities.
Despite coalition air strikes, he said the Libyan forces had not yet pulled back from either city. "Our primary focus is to interdict those forces before they enter the city, cut their lines of communication and cut their command and control," he said…
Admiral Samuel Locklear, the head of the US forces in Libya, said coalition aircraft planned to target a Libyan army brigade commanded by one of Col Gaddafi's sons. He said planes would target the 32nd Brigade, a "premier force for Colonel Gaddafi", in the "coming hours and days". The unit, led by Col Gaddafi's youngest son, Khamis, is estimated to have as many as 10,000 troops."
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