#Libya: REBELS ADVANCE ON TRIPOLI: TRIPOLI, July 10 (NNN-AFROLNEWS) -- Two strong explosions... http://www.innhotels.info/ZcPnR
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TRIPOLI, July 10 (NNN-AFROLNEWS) -- Two strong explosions rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, late Friday night as rebels say they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their two-pronged advance on the city from the south and west. On Friday, the rebels advanced to less than two kilometres from the centre of the coastal town Zliten, situated
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in the eastern district Misrata. To the south of Tripoli the rebels are fighting in the Nafusa mountains. Nato's military spokesman, Wing Commander Mike Bracken, said "anti-Gadhafi forces look to have the initiative and are able to launch successful attacks against pro-Gadhafi forces." However Gadhafi's forces still hold two key cities west of the capital, Zawiyah and Zuwarah, and are "rearming, regrouping and fighting in places such as Kikla, Misrata and Dafnia," he added.
Despite the rebel advance, the Libyan leader remains defiant claiming on Friday that the regime will never fall. "Nato is wrong if it thinks it can topple the regime of this country," Gadhafi told thousands of supporters in Sabha, some 750 kilometres south of Tripoli in an audio message.
