Thursday, September 29, 2011

#Sirte airport taken, this time they hope to hold it, despite facing continued rocket and gunfire from the other side of the runway.


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Libyan forces take Sirte airport: Forces loyal to 's transitional authorities have taken the airport in the... 
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Libyan forces take Sirte airport

Forces loyal to Libya's transitional authorities have taken the airport in the city of Sirte, the birthplace of fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Gaddafi loyalists have put up stiff resistance in Sirte.


Two weeks ago transitional forces took the airport, a short distance from the city centre, but were then driven back.
The BBC's Jonathan Head says that this time they hope to hold it, despite facing continued rocket and gunfire from the other side of the runway.
Fighters arriving from the west and east say they will then mount a joint attack on Gaddafi loyalists, hoping to push them back towards the sea and to squeeze them into ever smaller areas of the city centre, our correspondent adds.
The airport is about 5km (3 miles) from the centre of the city.
Posted by Robby Ball at 5:10 AM