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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (13) Slideshow Video Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Libyan soldiers say army retreating from Misrata | 3:35am EDT Syria buries scores of dead; more protests due | 12:26am EDT Storms close St. Louis airport, injuries reported 12:30am EDT Stefano Langone never wanted to win "American Idol" 22 Apr 2011 British tourist saves toddler in four-story fall 21 Apr 2011 Discussed 117 Texas governor calls for prayers for rain 106 Palin returns with feisty, anti-establishment speech 54 Team to probe oil market fraud, manipulation: Obama Watched ローマ法王は日本のため祈る、世界各国で市民が弔問(字幕・13日) Mon, Mar 14 2011 McCain visits Benghazi Fri, Apr 22 2011 VW unveils new sporty Beetle Mon, Apr 18 2011 Libyan soldiers say army retreating from Misrata Tweet Share this By Michael Georgy MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan troops captured by rebels in Misrata said on Saturday the army had been ordered to retreat from the besieged port, marking a possible shift in a two-month revolt against leader Muammar... Email Print Related News NATO hits near Gaddafi compound, Libya says three dead Fri, Apr 22 2011 China warns Britain over Libya advisers Fri, Apr 22 2011 Analysis & Opinion Afghanistan : The gnawing fear of transition Solving Afghanistan and Pakistan over a cup of tea Related Topics World » Politics » Libya » Related Video McCain visits Benghazi Fri, Apr 22 2011 The battle for Misrata Battles continues in Misrata Foreign journalists' bodies arrive in Benghazi 1 / 26 Rebel fighters stand on top of a captured tank belonging to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, outside Misrata's tallest building, along a street in Tripoli April 22, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Yannis Behrakis By Michael Georgy MISRATA, Libya | Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:35am EDT MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan troops captured by rebels in Misrata said on Saturday the army had been ordered to retreat from the besieged port, marking a possible shift in a two-month revolt against leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan government said NATO air strikes might force Gaddafi's army to stop fighting in Misrata, Libya's third largest city, and let local tribes take over the battle. "We have been told to withdraw. We were told to withdraw yesterday," one army soldier, Khaled Dorman, told Reuters. Lying in the back of a pickup truck, he was among 12 wounded soldiers brought to a hospital for treatment in Misrata. Blasts and machine gun fire were heard in the distance. Another serviceman, asked by a Reuters correspondent if the government had lost control over Misrata, said "yes." The last large city held by rebels in western Libya, Misrata has been under siege for nearly two months. Hundreds of civilians have died in the fighting. "The situation in Misrata will be eased, will be dealt with by the tribes around Misrata and the rest of Misrata's people and not by the Libyan army," Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told reporters in Tripoli. "You will see how they will be swift and quick and fast and the Libyan army will be out of this situation in Misrata, because the Libyan people around Misrata cannot sustain it like this," he said. "The tactic of the Libyan army is to have a surgical solution, but it doesn't work, with the air strikes it doesn't work." Hours after the announcement of a shift in tactics in Misrata by Gaddafi forces, NATO bombs struck what appeared to be a bunker near his compound in central Tripoli. The government said the target was a car park and three people were killed. Western countries have vowed not to stop bombing Libya until Gaddafi leaves power, but their air war now in its second month has failed to tip the balance. In Misrata, captured government soldiers said the army had come under attack from rebels during its retreat. "The rebels attacked us while we were withdrawing from Misrata near a bridge this morning," said Ayad Muhammad, a young soldier. As he spoke, other uniformed soldiers in the hospital moaned in pain, some saying "My god, my god." Earlier, rebels in Misrata seized control of a downtown office building that had been a base for Gaddafi's snipers and other troops after a furious two-week battle. Shattered masonry, wrecked tanks and the incinerated corpse of a government soldier lay near the former insurance offices on Friday. "They shot anything that moved," one fighter said of the Gaddafi men driven out. BOMB HITS TRIPOLI NATO jets hit a target near Gaddafi's compound in central Tripoli early on Saturday. Government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said three people were killed by the "very powerful explosion" in a car park near Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound. Reuters reporters said the area was surrounded by a wall and guarded by watchtowers and soldiers. They saw two large holes in the ground where the bombs had torn through soil and reinforced concrete, to pierce what appeared to be an underground bunker. Smoke was rising from one of the craters and ammunition crates lay nearby. Ibrahim said the area was disused and the ammunition boxes were empty. On Friday, U.S. Senator John McCain became the highest-profile Western politician to visit Libya's rebel-held areas. He expressed impatience with Washington's cautious use of military power and said the United States should deploy ground attack aircraft and recognize the rebel government. The visit by McCain, the senior Republican politician who ran against Barack Obama for the presidency in 2008, raises the political stakes over a war that the top U.S. military officer acknowledged was headed toward stalemate. Since the initial days of the strikes, Obama has ordered his troops to take on a backseat military role, reluctant to become embroiled in a third war in a Muslim country and leaving ground strikes to Washington's NATO allies. This week, U.S. forces said they would send drones to carry out ground strikes. In the rebels' eastern stronghold of Benghazi, McCain said Washington should use low-flying attack planes, among the most feared tactical weapons in its arsenal. "It is still incredibly puzzling to me that the two most accurate close air support weapons systems, the A-10 and the AC-130, have been taken out of the fight," he said on Friday. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. military's joint chiefs of staff, told U.S. troops in Baghdad that Western-led air strikes had degraded between 30 and 40 percent of Gaddafi's ground forces. Referring to the conflict, he said: "It's certainly moving toward a stalemate. McCain said Washington should recognize the rebels' Transitional National Council as the official government of Libya, a step already taken by France. "They have earned this right and Gaddafi has forfeited it by waging war on his own people," he said. White House spokesman Jay Carney, asked about McCain's appeal, replied: "We think it's for the people of Libya to decide who the head of their country is, not for the United States to do that." Sources close to French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he planned to visit Benghazi, probably in the first two weeks of May, and that he wanted British Prime Minister David Cameron to accompany him. (Additional reporting by Alexander Dziadosz in Benghazi and Lin Noueihed in Tripoli; Writing by Peter Graff and Maria Golovnina; Editing by Robert Birsel) (Created by Robert Birsel) World Politics Libya Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (13) ramsglen wrote: Get this old senior citizen out of there. He does not speak for us. Let them fight it out over there and then we can step in and charge them in oil to rebuild the place. Cheaper and no Americans have to die for some future terrorist Apr 22, 2011 9:06pm EDT -- Report as abuse dalten wrote: I’ve been on the fence about the wisdom of supporting Libyan rebels with airstrikes. However, now that John McCain has visited them and declared his support, I now no longer have any doubt. It’s a *bad* idea … just like every other hair-brained idea that John has ever had. If you want to implement intelligent and successful policy, just find out what McCain would do and then do the opposite! Apr 22, 2011 9:51pm EDT -- Report as abuse druidmatrix wrote: I think certain high profile people in the government should not be allowed to go to war zones. What if he were to be kidnapped (even with all the secret service around) and used as a hostage? Would we be then forced to engage in a war that we don’t want to get into? 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