President Nicolas Sarkozy said that France will intensify its air strikes in Libya, at the request of the opposition forces.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the France also said Wednesday that it already has the field liaison officers in the rebel-held city of Benghazi. Officers are trying to help the rebels organize and support the NATO air campaign which has failed to implement military rout of Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Britain and the Italy are also send officers.
A presidential aid said Sarkozy, after having met a leader of the opposition Libyan Wednesday, said: "We will intensify the strikes". The aid was not allowed to be publicly named the presidential policy.
Hussien, a rebel fighter, prepares a belt of ammunition for his heavy machine gun on the front along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah line on Tuesday. AMR Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters.Fighting in Libya, erupted two months ago, when protests against four decades of Gaddafi power transformed into an armed uprising.
Rebels control now the largest part of the East, while Gaddafi holds most of the West. However, there are areas of the rebels in the West of the Libya, particularly the Nafusa mountainous region which is home to the Libya Berber minority.
Since the end of week, Nafusa region city of Yifran, with a population of about 25,000 people, was attacked daily with Grad rockets, anti-aircraft guns and tank shells, said a veteran rebel, who would give only his first nameBelgassem, for fear of reprisals.
The bombing sent thousands fleeing in Tunisia nearby. Four rounds of mortar by the fighting, landed on the territory Tunisian Monday, Tunisian officials said late Tuesday.
International aid officials said that more than 10,000 people in the region of Mount Nafusa fled to Tunisia these days, avoiding the official boundaries inhabited by of Gaddafi's loyalists. Refugees remain in camps near the towns of Tunisian border Dehiba and Remada, or are hosted by Tunisian families.
Communities like Yifran, Qalaa, Nalut, and others close to the Tunisian borders are inhibited by Berbers who have suffered under the repressive policies of Gaddafi. Gaddafi has dubbed Berbers "product of colonialism" created by the West to divide the Libya. In the 1970s, members of pan-Berber associations were arrested and Berber activities have been banned.
In another outpost of rebels in the West of the Libya, the city under siege from Misrata, new clashes erupted Wednesday.
Exchanges of fire were heard Wednesday between troops Libyan and armed residents in the city centre. NATO planes flew above, but have not carried out air strikes.
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