Turkey parachutes in aid to Libya's Bani Walid

Turkey Saturday was parachuting in 22 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Libyan city of Bani Walid, one of the last holdouts of fallen leader Moamer Qadhafi's supporters, the prime minister's office said. Two military cargo planes left Ankara on Saturday to bring food to around 10,000 people in Bani Walid in need of urgent help, the office said in a statement on its website.
As there is no airport in the city, the aid packages would be dropped down by parachute, it added. The National Transitional Council, Libya's new rulers, said its fighters had to make a "tactical withdrawal" from Bani Walid on Friday night as a result of sniper fire after earlier entering the oasis town.