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Libya Continues Air Attacks on Rebel Strongholds

   VOA News  March 12, 2011
   Anti-Libyan  Leader  Moammar  Gadhafi  rebels,  sit  on  their armored
   vehicle  as  they  drive  back  at a desert road between Agela and Ras
   Lanouf towns, eastern Libya, March 12, 2011

Photo: AP

   Anti-Libyan  Leader  Moammar  Gadhafi  rebels,  sit  on  their armored
   vehicle  as  they  drive  back  at a desert road between Agela and Ras
   Lanouf towns, eastern Libya, March 12, 2011

   Western  news  organizations  quote  witnesses who say forces loyal to
   leader  Moammar  Gadhafi  launched fresh airstrikes on Saturday in the
   western  town  of  Misrata  and the eastern oil port Ras Lanuf.  Both
   town had fallen under rebel control.
   On  Friday,  Libyan  government officials led foreign journalists on a
   tour  through central Zawiya, the closet town to the capital, Tripoli,
   that   had   fallen  under  opposition  control.   During  the  tour,
   pro-Gadhafi Libyans chanted their support for for the government while
   reporters  viewed  heavily  damaged  buildings  around a deserted town
   square.
   Protests  erupted  in mid-February against Gadhafi, with demonstrators
   calling  for an end to his more than 40-year rule.  The Libyan leader
   has  refused  demands  to step down, at one point saying he expects to
   die a "martyr" in Libya.

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