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Rebels Deny Claims They Lost Bir al-Ghanam: Libya's rebels denied claims by the Qaddafi government they lost a k...http://bit.ly/nWiVHY
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A small settlement in the desert, Bir al-Ghanam is also the closest rebels have come to Muammar Qaddafi’s stronghold in the capital during their six-month bid to oust the country's strongman from power. Libyan rebels denied Sunday reports they had lost control of Bir al-Ghanam, a key staging point some 80 km south of Tripoli. Rebel commanders in the region said Saturday they had seized control of Bir al-Ghanam in an offensive in which four anti-Qaddafi fighters had died. Taking the town – which lies on a highway leading north to the Mediterranean coast and on to Tripoli – would break weeks of stalemate during which rebels have been unable to make big advances despite NATO air strikes on government forces.
