Sniper fire holds up push into Gaddafi's hometown
- 13 years ago
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STORY: Gaddafi loyalists replied with heavy sniper fire to Libyan government forces advance on the western front making predictions of a quick end to the battle of Sirte look optimistic.
Taking Sirte is of huge importance to Libya's new rulers, and until it is captured they are putting on hold plans to start rebuilding the country as a democracy.
Once a sleepy fishing town, Gaddafi transformed his birthplace into Libya's second capital. Parliament often sat in Sirte and international summits were held in a marble-clad conference center in the south of the city.
Commanders with the National Transitional Council said this week they believed they would have Sirte, a city of 75,000, under their full control by the weekend.
STORY: Gaddafi loyalists replied with heavy sniper fire to Libyan government forces advance on the western front making predictions of a quick end to the battle of Sirte look optimistic.
Taking Sirte is of huge importance to Libya's new rulers, and until it is captured they are putting on hold plans to start rebuilding the country as a democracy.
Once a sleepy fishing town, Gaddafi transformed his birthplace into Libya's second capital. Parliament often sat in Sirte and international summits were held in a marble-clad conference center in the south of the city.
Commanders with the National Transitional Council said this week they believed they would have Sirte, a city of 75,000, under their full control by the weekend.