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Rebels: Our forces have advanced closer to Libyan city of al-Brega: Libyan rebel forces have advanced about 18 miles ..http://bit.ly/qbi395
(CNN) -- Libyan rebel forces have advanced about 18 miles (30 kilometers) closer to the eastern city of al-Brega after dismantling thousands of landmines, a rebel spokesman told CNN on Monday. "Our forces are only 9 kilometers away from al-Brega now after a small group clashed with Gadhafi troops over the weekend," said Col. Ahmed Banni, Libya's Transitional National Transitional military said. There was no immediate comment from the government. Fighting broke out after the rebels pulled out thousands of landmines over the last few days and secure a path for movement toward the strategic oil town, he said. "Almost the entire area around Brega is full of landmines," Banni said.
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Muammar Gaddafi's forces in residential areas of Brega.
It has not been possible to verify the rebel claims. Rebel forces have been advancing on Brega for several days despite heavy artillery fire from government troops holding the town. Brega, about 750km (465 miles) east of the capital Tripoli, has changed hands several times in the fighting along Libya's Mediterranean coast since the rebellion began in February. The fall of the town, home to one of Libya's biggest oil facilities, would be a major breakthrough for anti-Gaddafi forces, correspondents say. "Some small groups have made it inside, but we do not control the whole [town] yet," Mohammed Zawi, a spokesman for the rebel forces, was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. "It is now close fighting," he said.
