{"id":1562,"date":"2011-03-23T10:05:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T18:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2011-03-23T10:05:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T18:05:25","slug":"fighting-continues-in-libya-as-allies-squabble-over-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/fighting-continues-in-libya-as-allies-squabble-over-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Continues In Libya As Allies Squabble Over Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1563\" title=\"libya\" src=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike-342x256.jpg 342w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike-269x201.jpg 269w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/110307_Libya_airstrike.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The siege of Misrata continued in full force Tuesday as Muammar  Gaddafi\u2019s forces pounded the city with tank and artillery fire.  Meanwhile, rebels were halted in their attempt to regain control of  Ajdabiya, failing to take advantage of a third day of coalition  airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>Residents report a desperate situation in Misrata, where civilian  casualties, including children, are mounting. The city center is  occupied by government tanks and snipers have joined the attack,  according to one citizen who spoke to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a U.S. F-15E warplane crashed from apparent mechanical  failure, the first allied jet to be lost in the campaign. Both crewmen  were rescued. Air units from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are  expected to join the fight this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has said it will relinquish its leadership role in the campaign  in a matter of days, but it is unclear who will take over. France and  Turkey have objected to NATO assuming overall command of the operation,  with the Turkish Prime Minister insisting the campaign should fall under  U.N. control.<\/p>\n<p>At the U.N., Russia called for a meeting Thursday to determine if the  intervention has gone beyond its mandate. Brazil and China have called  for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The siege of Misrata continued in full force Tuesday as Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s forces pounded the city with tank and artillery fire. Meanwhile, rebels were halted in their attempt to regain control of Ajdabiya, failing to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[826,685,867,866],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-news","tag-gaddafi","tag-libya","tag-muammar","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}