Gaddafi issues defiant message from hiding

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Source: The Guardian UK

Muammar Gaddafi has issued a defiant message from hiding in which he vowed "never to leave the land of his ancestors" and denied claims he had fled the country for neighbouring Niger.

The telephone message, broadcast on Syria's Arrai TV station, is believed to have come from within Libya. Some rebel commanders say that the former dictator may be in the town of Bani Walid, which is still refusing to surrender to forces loyal to Libya's new government.

Overnight, columns of fighters from the National Transitional Council were spotted heading towards the town in pick-up trucks shouting anti-Gaddafi slogans.

"We will move into Bani Walid slowly. There was a message in Bani Walid from Gaddafi this evening," NTC unit commander Jamal Gourji told Reuters.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/08/gaddafi-defiant-message-hiding

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1. Yup! Gaddafi has 'em right where he wants em!

LOL yeah right! Loser...

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2. Libyan rebels begin attacks on strongholds

By Rod Nordland
New York Times / September 10, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya - Former Libyan rebels began attacking the loyalist holdouts of Bani Walid and Surt last night, a day before their own deadline for the surrender of those cities took effect.

“It’s full steam ahead right now,’’ said Abdulrahman Busin, a spokesman for the military.


http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2011/09/10/libyan_rebels_attack_loyalist_strongholds_as_interpol_issues_arrest_warrant_for_gadhafi/

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3. The last great act of defiance

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4. Initial assault on Gaddafi stronghold falters

source: www.independent.co.uk

Sunday, 11 September 2011

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The revolutionaries had claimed that their retreats around Bani Walid had been at Nato's request to allow air strikes to take place. However, an alliance spokesman in Brussels denied this, saying that Nato "does not have contact with TNC forces".


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/initial-assault-on-gaddafi-stronghold-falters-2352871.html