Libyan rebels entered the key cities near Tripoli

Libyan rebels entered the two cities on the outskirts of Tripoli. Muammar al-Gaddafi, speaking on television, urged his supporters to "prepare for battle."

According to reports, the fights are in Zawiyah, 50 kilometers west of Tripoli, and in Garian, 80 kilometers south of the Libyan capital. If these two strategic points will be in the hands of insurgents, the capital of Libya will be in the environment, despite the fact that NATO forces are blocking access to Tripoli by sea.

A government spokesman Colonel Gaddafi said that Garian Zawiya and are fully controlled by government forces.

Speech by Muammar Gaddafi on Monday night - this is the first of its appeal since the forces of the National Transitional Council launched an attack on Libya Tripoli suburb. "Move forward, attack, take arms and go into battle to free Libya centimeter by centimeter from the traitors and NATO" - said Gaddafi. This speech - without the television picture, only sound is not very good quality - was, according to the National Libyan TV, broadcast live on television.

Reuters and reported meeting between Colonel Qaddafi, the insurgency in neutral territory - in the Tunisian city of Djerba, but the information is not confirmed.

Foreign correspondents reported from zawiya that the city continued clashes between rebels and government troops. On Sunday, the rebels raised their flag over the central market, but the city still hear explosions and gunfire. The rebels claim that soldiers loyal to Colonel Qaddafi, fired at them from rooftops.

City Zawiya is on the main road between Tripoli and the border with Tunisia. The town is also an oil refinery, which supplies fuel to government forces. At the beginning of the uprising against the rule Gaddafi Zawiya in the hands of the rebels, but after the tank forces Gaddafi city back under control of Tripoli.

According to reports, the city Gahnia, south of Tripoli, are in heavy fighting. Agency "Reuters" reports that the town is smoke. The rebels say that 70% of the occupied city.