Libyan rebels attacked in Misrata

Libyan Government forces fired dozens of rockets on the coastal town of Misrata Thursday, triggering a spokesman of rebels demand NATO intervention.

The spokesman, identified by Reuters only as Abdelsalam, warned in a telephone call with the Office of an imminent "massacre" if NATO did not intensify frappes on troops loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Abdelsalam said at least eight rebels were killed in recent attacks by Government forces.

A laser guided bomb is installed on a Rafale combat aircraft before a mission on the Libya of flagship of France aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, in the Gulf of Sidra off the Libyan coast, Wednesday. Christophe Ena/Reuters.

Foreign Affairs Ministers from 28 countries of NATO, meanwhile, were meeting in Berlin on Thursday and Friday, Libyan conflict their priority.

Britain and the France have lobbied for other alliance countries to invest more in the military campaign in Libya, involving missions designed to protect civilians from the bombing Kadhafi forces.

Only six countries in NATO aircraft perform aerial, with French military aircraft and British strikes making half of the flights, a French official said Agency France-Press. Belgium, Denmark, Canada and the Norway also took part in air strikes.

Reuters quoted French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday that his country is not currently for arming the Libyan rebels.

Too, Spain, has indicated that it will not extend its role in Libya. Jimenez of Trinidad for the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, said his country will paste to help enforce a no-fly zone mandated and the arms embargo.

In the complaints of the allies that the armed forces us should do more in the operation of Libya, Pentagon officials disclosed Wednesday that American hunters continued airstrikes in the country, even after that the United States given the mission of NATOLast week.

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