U.S. warships enter Suez Canal

PanARMENIAN.Net - Two U.S. warships carrying marines and equipment have entered the Suez Canal and are heading towards Libya, as the West flexes its military muscle.

According to AFP live report, the UN refugee agency has warned that the situation on the Libya-Tunisia border is reaching crisis point as desperate migrant workers flee for safety. More than 100,000 people have already left Libya to escape a vicious crackdown by Gaddafi loyalists which has left at least 1,000 dead, according to conservative UN estimates.

Western powers are arguing over imposing a proposed no-fly zone over Libya to support rebels fighting Gaddafi’s regime.

Gaddafi opponents are beginning to organize the trappings of parallel government. Rebels in Benghazi said they had formed a military council in the eastern Libyan city, the hotbed of the uprising against Gaddafi’s four-decade iron rule.

Several hundred pro-Gaddafi supporters - some carrying Kalashnikov rifles - have rallied near the site of a petrol tanker explosion near the compound of the Libyan leader in Tripoli.

Flames were shooting up to four meters (12 feet) in the air after the tanker overturned and split open. The blast happened near a mosque and a hotel but there appeared to be no casualties, according to our correspondent on the ground.