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April 20 (Bloomberg) - Libyan rebels who are fighting to overthrow the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi 42 years, has welcomed the decision of the United Kingdom to send military advisers to gain an advantage in their fight as a NATO air campaign remains embattled by limitations.The British Government said yesterday that it sends agents to help the rebels, communications and logistics. France will also send military advisers to the Libya, the BBC reported, without saying where it obtained the information. French President Nicolas Sarkozy meeting today in Paris with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the Transitional National Council of the interim Libya. "" We have an opportunity unique here - of the tens of thousands of young people who are fighting or who want to fight, Salwa Bugaighis, a leader of the opposition Coalition on February 17, has said in an interview in Benghazi. "" " If they feel that their efforts are going nowhere, they do not receive adequate training and the command to fight efficiently, they will lose their enthusiasm and which make it more difficult to finish with Qathafi. "Rebels were pushed out this month in the port of Brega oil under a barrage of artillery fire is to Ajdabiya, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) South of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Opposition forces have failed to take and hold territory along the Mediterranean coast of the Libya or to capitalize on the air strikes which explains the North Atlantic Treaty Organization destroyed more than a third of the armed forces of Qathafi. ' Step Backwards'Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi, stated that the military presence by a foreign power in Libya would be a "backward step". In an interview with the BBC, he called for a ceasefire and the lines of a plan sponsored by the African Union and a period to establish a dialogue on the redesign of the Libyan political system.NATO, which operates under the mandate of the United Nations to protect civilians, said Qathafi forces now use pickup trucks similar to those led by rebels and hid their heavy armour among the civilian population. The development has hampered efforts to stop the threats to civilians in Misrata, the besieged port city held by rebels in the West of the Libya. "There is a limit to what can be done in air to stop the fighting in a city, Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, head of the mission of the Allied operations, told reporters yesterday at a press conference at the headquarters of NATO in Brussels. NATO should limit strikes in urban areas to avoid killing civilians, he said.Artillery, RocketsQaddafi troops used artillery and rockets in Misrata, which has been challenged for about 50 days, with rebels taking the part of the city and the port area which is their only connection of supply.NATO planes struck yesterday headquarters South of Tripoli to the elite 32nd brigade, which was commissioned by the youngest son of Muammar al-Gaddafi, Khamis. Targets also included a mobile rocket launcher firing on Misrata and a convoy of loyalists of armoured personnel carriers approached the city.The British Government said its agents work in the mandate of the United Nations and will not be involved in the formation or rebel weapons or planning of military operations. Up to 20 military personnel will be involved, told the Associated Press .the ' military assistance will have to wrestle with the rebels of the unit, as two of the top fighting force commanders, General Khalifa Hifter and General Abdul Fattah Younesboth say charge of soldiers of the opposition, the New York Times reported. Mustafa Gheriani, spokesman for the rebel Council, said Younes is in charge of military operations and reports to the Conseil.Qatar began to provide arms to the rebels, including a shipment of Kalashnikov assault rifles and other types of firearms, Suleiman Fortia, a member of the opposition group, said on April 18, rebel oil SalesThe Italian Government contributes Libyan rebels sell oil of controlled by the opposition of the parts of the paysMinistre of Foreign Affairs Italian Franco Frattini said yesterday after meeting with rebel Jalil.The agreed to honour the existing treaties between the Italy and the LibyaFrattini said. Oil exports of Libya, which has the largest reserves of oil in Africa, dropped by approximately 1.3 million barrels per day to a "net", International Energy Agency in Paris, said last month.Oil advanced for a second day in New York, climbing more than $1 per barrel, on the signs of growth in the economy in the crude oil to the United States for June delivery rose as much as $1.32 $109.60 US per barrel in electronic trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It is to $109.55 at 9: 38 a.m. Londres.Aliments AidThe World Food program said that he moved wheat, flour and other food aid in the West of the Libya for the first time since the beginning of the conflict in February. The Rome-based UN agency said eight trucks crossed from Tunisia Libya on April 18 and that of the Libyan Red Crescent will deliver supplies to the "affected by the crisis population, particularly women and children" in TripoliZintan, Yefrin, Nalut, Mezda, Al Reiba and Al Zawia.The trucks carried enough food to feed 50,000 people for 30 days, the WFP said yesterday.UNICEF, the UN children's Fund, said a ship carrying first aid kits, drinking water and other supplies for up to 25,000 people was supposed to arrive today in Misrata. The World Health Organization describes the Misrata hospital as "outdated", with 120 civilian patients who need emergency evacuation.-With the help of Jeffrey Donovan in Rome. Editors: Leon Mangasarian, Eddie Buckle.
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