BAGHDAD (AFP) ? The US military's top officer said on Friday that more than a third of Libya's forces had been destroyed, but there was little movement in the conflict.
"The Libyan main forces have been attrited to about that level, between 30 and 40 percent," Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference at the US military's Victory Base Camp on Baghdad's outskirts.
"Essentially it is very much stalemate-like in the vicinity of Ajdabiya and Brega... I am sure that NATO forces will continue to attrite the military capability of the regime forces," he added.
Mullen's comments come as rebels fighting to topple Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi have been held back by his forces for more than three weeks in eastern Libya.
"I think clearly the long-term goal is to see Kadhafi and his family out of power and out of the country," Mullen said.
He later added: "The exact outcome of when something is going to happen is very difficult to predict. But I think the eventual outcome is certain."
Asked about the possibility of arms for rebel forces fighting Kadhafi's soldiers, Mullen said that was "not going to happen."
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