Libyan rebel advance halted, Nato jets raid Kadhafi town 03/29/2011

Libyan rebel advance halted, Nato jets raid Kadhafi town

03/29/2011
BIN JAWAD — Loyalist troops yesterday halted a rebel advance on Moammar Kadhafi’s home town Sirte, which was pounded overnight by coalition jets after Nato took command of military operations in Libya.

An Agence France Presse reporter who for the past two days have raced westwards toward Sirte came under heavy machine-gun fire from regime loyalists in pick-up trucks on the road from Bin Jawad to Nofilia.

The rebels on Sunday seized Bin Jawad, 140 kilometers east of Sirte, after retaking the key oil town of Ras Lanuf as they advanced with the support of coalition air strikes on Kadhafi’s forces..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110329hed5.html