Armoured cars cross from Libya to Algeria

The official Egyptian Middle East News Agency (MENA) has quoted a Libyan rebel source as saying that a convoy of six armoured cars , said to likely be carrying high Libyan officials, including leader Moamer Gaddafi, crossed from Libya into Algeria on Friday. The report could not immediately be confirmed from Algerian or Libyan sources. MENA, quoting a Libyan military council source in the town on the border with Algeria said that six armoured Mercedes entered Ghadames earlier Friday morning with pro-government troops escorting the aforesaid column or convoy , until it entered Algeria. Rebels had not been able to pursue the vehicles as they lacked munitions and equipment. "We think they (the cars) were carrying high Libyan officials, possibly Kadhafi and his sons," the source said. Gaddafi has been on the run since the rebels took the Libyan capital Tripoli this week. Algeria declined to recognise the Libyan rebels'' National Transitional Council on Friday, insisting it would adhere to the policy of "strict neutrality" adopted since the start of the conflict.