NATO destroys tanks in Ajdabiya, Misrata

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BENGHAZI, Apr 10 (Agencies): NATO launched air strikes against Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's troops in the stricken port city of Misrata Sunday after regime forces killed at least 11 people there over the weekend, rebels said. And in Brussels, an alliance official confirmed that NATO warplanes had destroyed 11 regime tanks on the road to the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya and another 14 tanks near Misrata. On the diplomatic front, a high-ranking African Union delegation was on its way to Libya Sunday to present a blueprint for a ceasefire. South African President Jacob Zuma and three other leaders, representing the African Union, have left Mauritania for the Libyan capital Tripoli. The team will also visit rebel representatives in Benghazi. The African Union (AU) diplomatic mission comprises representatives from five nations and had gathered in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott. The mission has called for an "immediate end" to fighting, "diligent conveying of humanitarian aid" and "dialogue between the Libyan parties". Rebels said they had captured 15 Algerian mercenaries and killed another three during fierce fighting in Ajdabiya the previous day. Medics also said at least 12 rebels were killed in and around Ajdabiya over the weekend. The air strikes on Misrata came on Sunday morning, a rebel spokesman in the besieged town told AFP, describing the raids as "a marked improvement in NATO intervention."