Gaddafi's Forces Stall Libyan Rebel Advance [View All]

[TomClash]

Source: Sky News

Explosions have been heard in Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte - as the rebel advance west towards the capital Tripoli was halted by Libyan government forces.

ky's Sam Kiley, in Bin Jawad, said: "The rebels are about 60 miles from Sirte istelf, which is where they were blocked when they were advancing the first time round.
"There have been some coalition airstrikes and some outgoing rockets fired by the rebels on Sirte but clearly the Gaddafi elements are going to put up a fight for Gaddafi's hometown."
Rebel fighters came under heavy machine-gun fire from government loyalists in pick-up trucks on the road from Bin Jawad.

Earlier, a rebel spokesman claimed that the coastal town - 280 miles east of Tripoli - had fallen, but foreign journalists inside Sirte said there was no sign that the opposition was in control.

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Like I said, this is where Qaddafi makes his stand. The rebels only take this town with a lot of help.