Benghazi, March 17: The Libyan Army set a deadline today for residents to leave rebel locations in Benghazi by midnight local time ahead of an operation to “cleanse” the opposition-held city.
“The army is coming to cleanse your city of armed gangs,” the Libyan army said in statement broadcast on state TV.
Sky News said the warning came after a defiant Colonel Muammar Gaddafi boasted in a French newspaper interview today he could seize control of his country within one day if he decided to use force.
——–Agencies