今天,从苏尔特东部开始的进攻非常神速。经过几天的僵局之后,城东门终于沦陷,全国过渡委员会军队已经深入向市中心推进。在某些地方遭遇卡扎菲力量的还击,一些士兵受伤,但是胜利的势头使他们继续向前。在西面,有报道称这座城市内部的街道上发生了一些战斗。这里是卡扎菲上校的出生地,他的家乡所在地。这对全国过渡委员会来说一直是具有重大象征意义的目标,而现在,他们似乎已经接近占领这座城市。
In Yemen, at least 40 people have been killed in clashes in the capital Sanaa as protests continue against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. A journalist in the city said demonstrators had been caught in the middle of shelling from rival factions of the army. Hisham Sharaf, the Yemeni minister of trade and industry, told the BBC that the government side was making every effort to minimise civilian casualties.
在也门,反对萨利赫总统的抗议活动继续进行,至少40人在首都萨那的冲突中遇难。该城市一位记者表示,在军队反叛者的炮火中,一些示威者被捕。也门贸易和工业部长Hisham Sharaf告诉BBC,政府方面正在做出一切努力将平民伤亡最小化。
"We have taken all kinds of measures to avoid any casualties, but again these people say that they will go to heaven if they are killed. These extremists, these dissident groups, they call on the population to go to be martyrs. We are not in that business."