Gaddafi's Forces Stall Libyan Rebel Advance

[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.

[meow mix]

1. lol

media sure like to play him up, but im suprised its gone this fast... he is folding faster than i hoped for.

dont buy into the myth of gadaffi lol

[TomClash]

2. I'm not buying into any myth

I think they take this town with heavy air support.

BTW, I strongly suspect they are not exactly alone in their advance.

[Hannah Bell]

3. the air strikes are in support of the "rebel" attack. because khaddafi is killing

his own people.

lol.

the west is overthrowing khaddafi.

[TomClash]

4. You are right

Regime change has always been the goal.

[Teaser]

5. let's hope so.

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[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. The rebels will certainly win this

with much, much help.

We seem to be committed to winning the war against Qaddafi, giving the credit to the rebels so as to minimize the appearance of our involvement. But, any rebel advance is only possible after coalition jets have cleared the way, killing any Qaddafi army elements that are encountered.

If the rebels win the whole show, and oust Qaddafi, I think we'll still be stuck there. The rebels don't seem to have the military training, experience, or discipline to hold their country together.

[Change Happens]

7. These bastards are going down tonight, we will bomb the hell out of them as soon as it

gets dark, in about 4 hours or so...

[David__77]

9. Yes down at the sports bar we're all looking forward to seeing the corpses at TV!

I cannot wait until every single conscript in that madman's army has been burned to a crisp! Boo-yah!

[Alamuti Lotus]

10. the blood-lust is really disgusting, isn't it?

[robcon]

8. The rebels are getting a lot of help

"The U.S. launched six Tomahawk missiles Sunday and early Monday from navy positions in the Mediterranean Sea, two defense officials said Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not yet authorized to release the information.

That brought to 199 the number of the long-range cruise missiles fired by international forces in the week-old military intervention, one official said.

International air forces flew 110 missions late Sunday and early Monday — 75 of them strike missions. Targets included Gadhafi ammunition stores, air defenses and ground forces, including vehicles and tanks, a third official said."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110328/ap_on_re_af/af_libya