Tripoli, Libya (CNN) - Efforts to prevent forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to attack civilians were complicated by the weather and the decision of the regime to hide military equipment in populated areas and use civilians as human shields in Misrata and other zonesL' NATO brigadier general Marc van Uhm said Tuesday.
Rebel leaders have criticized the efforts of NATO in recent days, saying that civilians and rebel forces in Misrata and elsewhere have suffered under the infernal attacks forces pro-Gaddafi with little evidence of NATO air power overload.
Van Uhm, Chief of operations with NATO, defended the efforts of the Organization, saying planes under NATO command flew 58 missions Monday, firing weapons and targets pro-Gaddafi striking on 14 of them strikes.
He did not immediately the figures on the previous days, but the spokesman for the NATO Oana Lungescu said that combat aircraft had conducted 334 strike sorties since his arrival in the mission command March 23.
"I believe that you can say safely that the operational tempo continues unabated," she said.
Given that the efforts to implement the resolution of the Nations United began in mid-March, air strikes took on about 30 percent of the military capability of Gaddafi, said van Uhm.
Air strikes Monday hit an active rocket launchers in al-Brega, an air defence and military vehicles near Misrata and ammunition storage facilities, said van Uhm.
Rebels complained Monday that they had not seen or heard the air strikes of NATO for more than 24 hours, despite the disappearance of the attacks of the pro-Gaddafi in Misrata and al-Brega forces, among others.
"You are supposed to be implementation of this resolution and clearly, it is not implemented in Misrata, it is not implemented in Zintan or Zahwiya and we're wondering, where are they?" rebel spokesman Mustafa Gheriani, said Monday.
Gaddafi forces seemed to have the upper hand Tuesday in renewed fighting in the city of al-Brega oil, where rebel forces have been staging a retreat made panic under intense artillery bombardment, according to CNN journalists in the region.
The setback is the latest in a ragtag opposition who fought to keep the soil against the better trained and equipped forces of Gaddafi, and it's less than a day after that the rebel commanders said they had the forces of the Libyan leader has long been on the defensive in al-Brega.
During this time, carnage more common in the besieged city of Misrata Monday, and a rebel spokesman, said an effort directed by NATO to help protect civilians appear non-existent in some areas.
Five people were killed and 24 wounded when of clashes Monday between pro-Gaddafi forces and the rebels in Misrata, two sources told CNN.
Residents have said that the city was steamed offshore by the troops of Gaddafi, with electricity and access to cut food.
"Every day, life is gets increasingly more difficult, said a resident, who is not identified for security reasons." He y long queues of people for bread and fuel. ?
He added that some do not leave their homes for days at a time.
"There are snipers shoot everything that moves," said the resident. "They are controlling the main road leading to the outside of the city."
Without the end of the bloody war of the Libya with a view, a source close the direction of the country said a Libyan envoy is floating the idea of leader Muammar Gaddafi from his power a son - a rebel leaders of concept feel simply cosmetic.
Under the proposal, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, 38, would usher in reform swift, said the source. But Saif Gaddafi has become one of the most ardent defenders of his father since the beginning of the agitation, despite once being perceived as a leading reformer in the Libyan Government.
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A proposal to pass the power of Gaddafi to his son, the second oldest is "a ridiculous offer", said Ali Aujali, former Libyan Ambassador to the United States which is now the Libyan opposition in Washington.
"Libyan people, they decided, and they will not return all the Qaddafi () or any member of his family," Aujali said. "His son, they are killers - they are like their father."
AUJALI said the rebels are willing to offer Muammar Gaddafi and his family safe passage of the Libya in an Exchange which is set to their offer to put an end to the fighting - but.
Although Gaddafi has shown no sign of appeasement of the opposition or renounce his power of anyone outside his family, cracks in his armor who did surface.
His confidant of long date and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Moussa Koussa, recently fled to London and announced his resignation from the Libyan Government. Monday, Department of the Treasury of the United States lifted the freeze on the assets of the KUSA after its demerger of Gaddafi.
Gheriani said while the conflict persists, it is still hopeful for a revolution.
"I think that the Gaddafi regime collapses Interior," he said. "I think that if you look at the history, people will always win, and I think that the victory will be ours.".CNN Nic Robertson, Reza Sayah, Ben Wedeman, Brian Todd and Yousuf Basil contributed to this report.
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