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April 20 (Bloomberg) - Italy and the France joins the United Kingdom by sending military advisers and trainers to help the Libya rebels who are fighting to overthrow the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi as an air campaign of NATO remained mobbing by limitations.France will send a "small group" Libya liaison officers, Government spokesman Francois Baroin said today. Italy plans to send 10 military instructors, Minister of defence Ignazio La Russa said in Rome. The United Kingdom said yesterday that it sends agents to assist the rebels with communications and logistics."" Libyan rebels welcomed the approach"."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 repelled with 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 foreign powers in Libya would be a "backward step". In an interview with the BBC, he called for a ceasefire and the lines of a plan of the African Union and a period to establish a dialogue on the redesign of the Libyan political system.NATO planes flew 62 missions to strike yesterday, the alliance said in a news release by e-mail. Jets struck three tanks and three lance-rocket vehicles near the rebel besieged city of Misrata, two depots of munitions near Tripoli and a ground-to-ground missiles site, near Surt said the statement.French President Nicolas Sarkozy met today in Paris with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the Transitional National Council of the interim Libya. Jalil invited Sarkozy to come to the city of bastion rebel Benghazi, he said to journalists after meeting with French President, according to the press agency France. Sarkozy Office "took note" of the invitation, the newswire quoted personal Sarkozy as saying.Oil for delivery in June as $1.71 to $109.86 barrel increased on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $109.61 at 1: 24 p.m. London time. 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.Misrata BesiegedNATO, 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 the town of Misrata West. "There is a limit to what can be done in air power to stop the fighting in a city, Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, head of the mission of the Allied operations, told journalists yesterday in Brussels. NATO should limit strikes in urban areas to avoid killing civilians, he said.Qathafi troops use 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.OfficersThe said British British Government agents will work within 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, said the Associated military Press.Assistance of Europe will have to wrestle with the rebels of the unit, as two of the top page fighting force commanders, General Khalifa Hifter and General Abdul Fattah Younesboth say 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 Group of the opposition, said on April 18 that food AidThe World Food program said that he moved from wheat, flour and other food aid in the West of the Libya for the first time since the conflict began 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 "crisis-affected population, particularly women and children" in Tripoli, Zintan, YefrinNalut, 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 Helene Fouquet in Paris and Jeffrey Donovan in Rome. Editors: Leon Mangasarian, Patrick Henry.
To contact the reporters on this story: Maher Chmaytelli of Benghazi to mchmaytelli@bloomberg.net; Patrick Donahue in Berlin at the pdonahue1@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew j. Barden at barden@bloomberg.net; James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net.
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