Gaddafi forces take rebel town in west

Reuters
March 9, 2011

Editor’s note: AP reports that the Sidr oil facility, 360 miles east of Tripoli, was attacked by Gaddafi forces and set ablaze. 

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi regained control of the center of Zawiyah on Wednesday, after using tanks and snipers to drive rebels out of their stronghold in the western city’s main square, residents said.



Libyan state television also showed footage of Gaddafi supporters waving flags who it said were moving toward the center of Zawiyah, which had been the closest rebel-held city to the capital Tripoli.

A fighter told Reuters pro-Gaddafi forces had entered the main square as rebels pulled back. A local doctor confirmed the report and said the death toll in the day’s fighting was at least 40 and probably many more.

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