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**Maypeevophy** · 08-21-2011, 01:51 AM

Here's the latest - rebels claim they've encircled the capital city. They also claim that Gadhafi's troops are fleeing as they advance.

NY Times: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18725307?source=rss

For the first time in months, witnesses in Tripoli reported heavy fighting in multiple neighborhoods in the capital late Saturday night, even as rebel forces claimed to have encircled the city by taking major towns to its east, west and south.

Rebel leaders in Tunis and eastern Libya characterized the fighting as the beginning of a new uprising in the capital against Moammar Gadhafi's rule. And after months of rebel offenses that crumbled or stalled despite heavy support from a NATO airstrike campaign, it marked the first time since the uprising began in February that the rebels threatened Qaddafi's ultimate stronghold.

"We are coordinating the attacks inside, and our forces from outside are ready to enter Tripoli," said Anwar Fekini, a rebel leader from the mountainous region in western Libya, speaking by telephone from Tunis. "If you can call any mobile number in Tripoli, you will hear in the background the beautiful sound of the bullets of freedom."

08-21-2011, 01:51 AM	#3
Maypeevophy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 337 Senior Member	Here's the latest - rebels claim they've encircled the capital city. They also claim that Gadhafi's troops are fleeing as they advance. NY Times: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18725307?source=rss For the first time in months, witnesses in Tripoli reported heavy fighting in multiple neighborhoods in the capital late Saturday night, even as rebel forces claimed to have encircled the city by taking major towns to its east, west and south. Rebel leaders in Tunis and eastern Libya characterized the fighting as the beginning of a new uprising in the capital against Moammar Gadhafi's rule. And after months of rebel offenses that crumbled or stalled despite heavy support from a NATO airstrike campaign, it marked the first time since the uprising began in February that the rebels threatened Qaddafi's ultimate stronghold. "We are coordinating the attacks inside, and our forces from outside are ready to enter Tripoli," said Anwar Fekini, a rebel leader from the mountainous region in western Libya, speaking by telephone from Tunis. "If you can call any mobile number in Tripoli, you will hear in the background the beautiful sound of the bullets of freedom."
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