Monday, September 19, 2011

Anti-#Gaddafi forces capture #Sabha airport in southern Libya


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Al Jazeera correspondent Hashem Ahelbarra reports that anti-Gaddafi forces have captured Sabha airport and taken control of the southern city's Manshiya district
Sabha, deep in the Sahara desert, is one of the last redoubts held by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Ahmed Bani, a military spokesman for the National Transitional Council (NTC), told a news conference in Tripoli
the council's forces captured the areas two hours earlier.
"Our flags are flying there," he told reporters.