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Libyan Rebels Advance on a Gadhafi Strongholdhttp://bit.ly/nlxHLQ #libya
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The rebels captured a small village south of Sebha on Monday. The fall of Sebha, one of Col. Gadhafi’s three regional power centers, would be a huge symbolic and strategic blow.
With the latest offensive, rebels have now made progress on every front of the war.The city of 130,000 is a logistics hub for the regime, channeling food, fuel and other war supplies northward from southern farmlands and neighboring Algeria, Chad and Niger, said rebel leaders.
Rebel fighters on Wednesday shouted slogans at the funeral in Benghazi of seven comrades killed in Brega on Tuesday.
Despite the advance, the force threatening Sebha is hundreds of miles south of Tripoli and poses no direct threat to the capital, where Col. Gadhafi and his family are still clinging to power.
Even if the rebels only threaten Sebha, which Col. Gadhafi has been able to leave lightly defended until now thanks to strong tribal support in the area, it could force him to redeploy units battling elsewhere to defend the city, further stretching his already battered forces.
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#Libya southern front: Freedom Fighters have been advancing toward southwest with eyes on #Sebha http://tinyurl.com/3rnfmwv #Feb17 #wsj
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#libya #feb17 Gaddafi calls tribes to take back rebel mountains: Al-AZIZIYA, #Tawirgha have been transferred to #Sebha goo.gl/XvQOT
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