Libyan rebels ask France for more arms, as they are willing to speed up the fight in order to run over Tripoli within “days”, before the start of Ramadan.

Libyan rebels ask France for more arms, as they are willing to speed up the fight in order to run over Tripoli within “days”, before the start of Ramadan.

The request was made in Paris on Wednesday, by military leaders from the rebel-held city of Misrata, to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Sarkozy held talks at his Elysee presidential palace with rebel General Ramadan Zarmuh, Colonel Ahmed Hashem and Colonel Brahim Betal Mal, as well as Suleiman Fortia, a local representative of the rebel leadership in Misrata.
"With a little bit of help, we will be in Tripoli very soon. Very soon means days," Fortia told reporters after the meeting.
"We are here in France to discuss how we can do the job."

France is taking part in NATO-coordinated strikes against embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi’s assets and was the first outside state to formally recognize the rebels' Transitional National Council.
It has already dropped arms to the rebels in the Nafusa Mountains.

A rebel source said they were looking for similar deliveries of arms and munitions to Misrata.
Misrata, around 200 kilometers (125 miles) east of Tripoli, has been controlled by rebels since mid-May, after a two-month siege by Gaddafi’s forces.

French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said Gaddafi was losing control of crucial energy supplies as the rebels advance in the key eastern oil town of Brega, in Misrata and in the Nafusa mountains.