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Government troops destroy petro-chemical plant in Brega: spokesman for Libyan ...

BENGHAZI, Libya, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A petro-chemical plant in the Libyan oil city of Brega has been destroyed by the government troops, a spokesman for the rebel forces said here on Saturday.

Ahmed Bani, spokesman for the rebel forces said in a press conference in Benghazi, the second largest city of Libya, that the plant and its equipment were actually destroyed by the government troops, not the rebel forces as the government earlier alleged.

The oil refinery town of Brega lies on the frontline between the rebel-held east and the government-held west.

Bani said the blast of the plant "has not only hurt the interest of the Libyan people, but also caused pollution to the environment."

The rebels have already deployed heavy forces to protect the other sites of oil production and refinery, he said.

And he added the government troops are now totally besieged in Brega.

Meanwhile in Tripoli, Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi denounced on Saturday the air strikes launched on the country by the NATO-led alliance to an envoy of UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon, according to state TV.

He called the air attacks "flagrant violations of the (UN) resolution of 1970 and 1973" and "must be considered as crimes against humanity and an act of genocide."

The UN envoy's visit was agreed during Thursday talks between Mahmudi and Ban. The UN chief called Mahmudi to halt the fighting and improve the humanitarian conditions in the African country.

Libya: Government Lays More Mines in Western Mountains | Human ...

(Zintan) - Libyan government forces have placed at least three minefields containing antipersonnel and antivehicle landmines outside the village of al-Qawalish in the western Nafusa Mountains, Human Rights Watch said today.

"The government's blatant disregard for the safety of its civilians is shameful," said Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch. "Landmines are a weapon that will claim civilian limbs and lives for years to come."

Two of the minefields were laid near each other on a pair of dirt roads leading to a boy scout building known as al-Malayab, west of al-Qawalish (coordinates N 31˚ 58' 50.79" E 12˚ 40' 32.23" and N 31˚ 58' 50.74" E 12˚ 41' 26.26"). The third minefield was laid along the main asphalt road to al-Qawalish just west of al-Malayab (coordinates N 31˚ 59' 2.26" E 12˚ 40' 29.58").

Government forces had apparently been positioned at the boy scout building outside al-Qawalish until rebels seized the area and the village in the early afternoon of July 6, 2011.

All three minefields are in areas with civilian traffic. Anti-government fighters have put up signs and markers to keep people from entering the areas.

Human Rights Watch observed anti-government fighters removing Brazilian-made T-AB-1 antipersonnel mines and Chinese-made Type-72SP antivehicle mines from the two dirt road sites on July 6. The antipersonnel mines had been placed atop the larger antivehicle mines.

By the end of July 7, deminers had cleared approximately 240 T-AB-1 antipersonnel mines and 46 Type-72SP antivehicle mines from the two sites, but more mines remained to be cleared.

Three rebel vehicles had struck mines on the dirt roads earlier on July 6, destroying the vehicles and wounding three people, two of whom were hospitalized.

The first vehicle that struck a mine, inspected by Human Rights Watch, had an artillery piece mounted on the back and carried ammunition. The second vehicle that came to provide assistance after the first was destroyed did not appear to carry weapons or ammunition. A deminer who spent the day at the dirt road sites told Human Rights Watch that a third vehicle hit a mine later on July 6.

Deminers had not begun work on the third site near the main road.

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