TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi intensified their assault on the rebel areas in the mountains west of the Libya late Monday, rebels said, and said refugees in isolated region are on the brink of famine.
At least 10 Grad rockets fell on the town of Zintan, rebels spokesman Abdulrahman told Reuters by telephone. "They were fired by Gaddafi forces positioned North of Zintan,"he said."".
Berber cities in the mountains of the West, near the border with the Tunisia, were beaten by Government forces after joining the rebellion which broke out two months ago.
"If I had remained there my two little girls were among the dead," Fatma Douri, 35, who fled the city besieged of Yafran, said in a refugee camp in the town of Dehiba from the Tunisian border.
"The siege of the city must absolutely be removed, otherwise thousands of children will be among the dead in the coming weeks."
As with other anti-Gaddafi in other parts of the Libya, rebel groups in the mountains of the West want more help to combat aircraft West. (A) requested that the air strikes of NATO on the pro-Gaddafi forces around Zintan had been effective, Abdulrahman said:
No.. "They are better than no strikes at all, but they could do much better. The goals are clear. If rebel fighters can see, certainly NATO planes are able to detect and destroy them. ?
PORT OF MINES BLOCK
More far East, a spokesman for rebels in the coastal besieged city of Misrata said fighting took place Monday near the airport of the city, which remains under the control of the forces of Gaddafi.
The NATO mine-sweepers sought the approaches to the port of Misrata Monday a drift mine blocking aid supplies.
A NATO statement, said that the alliance had destroyed two of the three mines laid by Government forces. It is said that mines are small and difficult to detect, but can do serious damage.
The International Organization for migration, said that a ship assistance was still awaiting Misrata offshore to stop bombing and mines to be cleared before that she is trying to deliver supplies and evacuate the some 1,000 foreign and injured Libyan.
Interim Chief rebel spokesman of the National Council abdel Hafiz Ghoga has urged NATO to intensify air strikes on Gaddafi forces near Misrata, saying they were trying to destroy the port.
"We would like to see more heavy and more intense shelling of Gaddafi, especially now that they're building troops in 50 or 60 km outside Misrata areas," he said. "They build troops in preparation for attack."
A resident of Misrata and sympathizer rebel named said Ghassan of hospital records Reuters showed 110 civilians and rebels were killed in the city under siege since April 24 and more than 350 wounded.
Crowds chanting for Gaddafi met in Tripoli Monday for the funeral of her son, Saif al-Arab aged 29. The Government said that an air raid of NATO killed Saturday him and three young grandchildren of Gaddafi.
The announcement of the death triggered attacks by a mob angry on British and French embassies and diplomatic mission American in Tripoli and the accusations of the Libyan officials that NATO had attempted to assassinate Kadhafi.
About 2,000 people carrying flags and pictures of Kadhafi has proved for the funeral. They pumped their punches in the air and Jura to avenge the death of Saif al-Arab.
"We are all with the Libya of Gaddafi," read a placard.
The coffin, covered with flowers and wrapped in the green flag who represented the Libya since Kadhafi took power in a coup in 1969, was carried through the crowds to the grave in the cemetery of Hani.
Kadhafi does not appear to be at the funeral but Saif al-Islam, the most important of his seven sons, assisted with his elder half-brother Mohammed.
MEMBER OF THE PACE INCREASING
Despite the denials of Western leaders that the air raid was an assassination attempt, it has renewed the debate on the question of whether strikes are exceeding a UN mandate to protect civilians.
British Foreign Secretary, William Hague said that NATO would intensify military operations in Libya.
"Time is not on the Gaddafi regime," he said during a visit to Cairo. "The policy is to continue to increase pressure on the regime of Kadhafi - diplomatic, economic and military pressure." We have increased the pace of military operations of the 1973 United Nations resolution and will go. ?
Switzerland said that he had found 360 million Swiss francs ($415 million) of potentially illegal goods related to Gaddafi and his circle. Some 410 million had been traced to the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and 60 million to the former President of Tunisia Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
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