Anti-Gadhafi Fighters Launch Another Offensive In Sirte -- CNN
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Having informed the U.S. defense chief that Sirte will fall in days, Libya's revolutionary forces launched another major offensive in the coastal city where Moammar Gadhafi was born.
The battles have been fierce. The National Transitional Council lost 26 men Friday, said Mohammed Sayeh a senior council member. But he remained confident that Sirte will be under the council's control within days.
That is what the council's military commanders told U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Friday, according to a senior U.S. defense official traveling with him.
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Libya: ferocious fighting as rebels head for centre of Sirte -- The Telegraph
Libyan forces claim gains in Qaddafi hometown -- CBS/AP
Libyan forces say liberation of Sirte is near -- CBC
Libya: resistance weakens as troops advance into Gaddafi's hometown -- The Guardian
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