Who is winning the Libyan conflict?

China and Russia condemned

China and Russia have condemned the attacks Both had abstained from the UN security council vote approving military action against Libya. The Arab League also called for a ceasefire, and the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, led a chorus of protest by Libya's Latin American allies.

Libyan state TV has said there are 48 dead and 150 wounded from the attacks. Speaking from his Bab al-Azizia military compound on the southern outskirts of Tripoli, which was bombed in 1986, Muammar Gaddafi vowed to fight the onslaught "inch by inch". He spoke of the "glorious hours we are living" in a 15 minute speech. Thousands of his supporters have joined him at the barracks.





 American and European military commanders are assessing the effect of the bombardment of Libyan targets. Overnight 110 cruise missiles were launched, and one large airbase alone is reported to have been hit with 40 bombs. "Effectively a no-fly zone has been put in place," said Mike Mullen, US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

Aircraft continue to arrive at Mediterranean bases from allied countries including Canada, Denmark and Spain.

Gaddafi virgins guards

Like any wise man would do, Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi  surrounds himself with beautiful, strong women.

The Libyan strongman, who has ruled since 1969, has 30 to 40 female body guards, all of whom are said to be virgins. If you’d like to confront him, you have to get past these no-nonsense “Amazonian” staffers. Such a task may seem simple if you’re unafraid of taking down a girl, but never underestimate the power of a hard working or tough woman.

In praise of brave women qualified to protect men, here are some of the Libyan leader’s appealing and well-groomed female security guards.

Biography for Muammar Gadaffi

Muammar Abu Meniar el-Gaddafi was born in the North African desert, south of Sirte, Libya in 1942. (The exact date is unknown although some sources day June 1, while others say sometime in September.) The son of a poor Bedouin nomad, Gaddafi lived in his family's remote desert camp until he went away to school at age 9.

While a student at a secondary school at Sebha, Gaddafi was inspired by the speeches of Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser and he became a committed Arab nationalist. Gaddafi organized his fellow students into revolutionary study groups at Sebha; he continued the practice at the University of Libya in Tripoli, where he received a history degree in 1963. Following his graduation, Gaddafi entered the Libyan Military Academy in Benghazi where he found many of the cadets were sympathetic to his anti-Western nationalism.

Commissioned into the Libyan army in 1965, he began laying groundwork for an overthrow of the Libyan monarch, King Idris, whom he considered a pawn of the Western European nations. Within four years, Gaddafi took control of the army and on September 1, 1969, he seized power in a carefully planned coup. Assuming command of the government as chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Council, Gaddafi declared himself commander-in-chief of Libya's armed forces and its government, with the rank of colonel.

Gaddafi soon began implementing his long-dreamed plans for Libya by nationalizing all foreign banks and oil companies and insisting on closing down all European military bases in Libya. In 1970, Gaddafi seized the private assets of Libya's Italian and Jewish residents, driving them from the country.

Since assuming power, Gaddafi has given heavy support to a wide variety of terrorist groups and regimes including: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Uganda, the Palestine Liberation Organization and its sub-groups, as well as the Irish Republican Army. Heavily supported by the Soviet Union, he fought a unsuccessful war against Egypt and a disastrous war against Chad and its ally France for control of the northern regions of Chad, attempting to force the French out of Chad.

Gaddafi has provoked several incidents with the USA, one of which led to an American retaliatory bombing raid on his headquarters in Tripoli on April 15, 1986. Gaddafi escaped with only minor injuries and to this day he remains in firm control of his government.

Britain Expels Libyan Diplomats

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that Britain has expelled five Libyan diplomats loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar Al Qathafi because of their intimidation of opposition supporters and their potential threat to the U.K.'s national security.

Hague told the House of Commons he had ordered the officials - including the country's military attache - to leave following concerns about their actions in Britain. "The government also judged that, were these individuals to remain in Britain, they could pose a threat to our security," Hague said Wednesday.

According to British officials the Libyan diplomats were regarded as the leading Al Qathafi supporters at the London embassy, and had been involved in attempts to harass supporters of the Libyan opposition in Britain. Hague also confirmed that ahead of similar meetings being held by U.S. and French officials, British diplomats have held talks in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi with opposition figures in recent days.

"The purpose of the mission was to meet key Libyan opposition groups in eastern Libya, including the Interim Transitional National Council and its military council, to gain a greater insight into political and security situation," he said.

Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking ahead of Hague's statement, confirmed Britain believes there is a legal loophole to allow nations to supply weapons to Libya's rebels but stressed the U.K. has not decided whether it will offer assistance to the rebels. He said that his legal advice was clear that, under the U.N. Security Council resolution, weapons could be handed to opposition fighters in some limited circumstances.

"We do not rule it out, but we have not taken any decision," on whether to supply equipment, he told the House of Commons, he said.

Libyan Oil Production

OPEC member Libya is the world's 17th-largest oil producer, third-largest producer in Africa and holds the continent's largest crude oil reserves. It normally pumps around 1.6 million bpd, 85 percent of which is exported to Europe.

Output is normally equivalent to about 2 percent of global consumption, and unrest has cut it to about 500,000 bpd as many foreign and local workers have left the fields.

Valuble Fuel

Fuel is any material that stores energy that can later be extracted to perform mechanical work in a controlled manner. A fuel contains energy, mostly heat, that can be released and then manipulated. Most fuels used by humans undergo combustion, a redox reaction in which a combustible substance releases energy after it ignites and reacts with the oxygen in the air. Other processes used to convert fuel into energy include various other exothermic chemical reactions and nuclear reactions, such as nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. Fuels are also used in the cells of organisms in a process known as cellular respiration, where organic molecules are oxidized to release usable energy. Hydrocarbons are by far the most common source of fuel used by humans, but many other substances, such as radioactive metals, are currently used as well.