Monday, October 17, 2011

Civil War in Libya -- News Updates October 17, 2011



Libya: Gaddafi Stronghold Bani Walid Falls, NTC Forces Claim -- The Telegraph

Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have conquered the holdout city of Bani Walid after Gaddafi loyalists deserted their positions and scattered into the countryside.

Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have seized parts of the city centre of the Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid.

The fall of the town is an important breakthrough for the fledgling authorities who have bogged down there and in the symbolically important town of Sirte, Gaddafi's birthplace. Sirte is now the last source of resistance to the Libya rebels as fighters loyal to Col Gaddafi cling on to territory in the town.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Libyan fighters raise flag over Bani Walid
-- Sydney Morning Herald
Government forces take over Gadhafi stronghold -- CNN
Libya's NTC Forces Take Most of Gadhafi Stronghold -- Voice of America
Libyan Forces Seize Most of Bani Walid -- ABC News/AP
Libya raises new flag over Gaddafi stronghold Bani Walid -- National Post/Reuters
Libya conflict: NTC forces claim Bani Walid advance -- BBC
Gaddafi stronghold Bani Walid falls -- The Guardian
Libyan forces celebrate in Bani Walid city centre -- Reuters
Libyan fighters seize Bani Walid -- Al Jazeera

Libyan revolutionaries step up Sirte bombing -- CBS
Relatives of Kadhafi regime officials 'flee Sirte' -- Yahoo News/AFP
Libyans say they uncover secret Gaddafi-era morgue -- Reuters
Libya: will not spend emergency funds on refugees -- Reuters
Libyans Bulldoze Gaddafi's Tripoli Compound -- Time/AP
Libya: Bulldozers raze Gaddafi Bab al-Aziziya compound -- BBC
A lucky escape in Libya -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

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