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'Friends of Libya' should declare war over: Poland
by Staff Writers
Brussels (AFP) Aug 30, 2011

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on Tuesday for the Libyan war to be declared over during an international conference of the "friends of Libya" hosted by Paris on Thursday.

"An announcement of the end of the war in Libya on September 1 will be a good step to confirm our will to help," Tusk told a news conference in Brussels after talks with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.

Poland is a member of NATO but it refused to participate in the alliance's aerial bombing campaign against Moamer Kadhafi's forces.

The rebels have taken control of Tripoli and most of the country, but NATO officials say the air strikes will continue as long as Kadhafi loyalists continue to threaten civilians.

Tusk said Poland would take part in Thursday's meeting, which will gather senior officials from around 60 countries to secure financial and diplomatic support for the fledgling revolutionary regime in Libya.

"We will help in a humanitarian way, we will help Libya rebuild the country," the Polish prime minister said.

"Of course Libyans have their ideas about democracy and human rights but we are ready to help."




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NATO strikes focus on Kadhafi's hometown
Brussels (AFP) Aug 30, 2011 - NATO warplanes have fired a new barrage of bombs against Moamer Kadhafi forces holed up in the Libyan leader's hometown of Sirte, the regime's last stronghold, the alliance said Tuesday.

The Western alliance said it destroyed 22 vehicles mounted with weapons, four radars, three command and control nodes, one anti-aircraft missile system and one surface-to-air missile system in the town's vicinity on Monday.

NATO also struck two military supply vehicles, one command post and one military facility.

Sirte has been a regular NATO target since the air war began in March but the alliance appears to have stepped up its strikes there while rebels advance on the town, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of Tripoli.

With Kadhafi's whereabouts still a mystery, there has been speculation that he is hiding out among tribal supporters in his hometown.

Rebels say they are negotiating with civic and tribal leaders to try to broker Sirte's peaceful surrender.





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