Fighters loyal to Libya's interim government are battling for full control of Sirte, Moamer Kadhafi's birthplace where the ousted despot's diehards are holed up inside a conference centre.
A Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter loads his weapons during a street battle in Sirte. Fighters loyal to Libya's interim government are battling for full control of Sirte, Moamer Kadhafi's birthplace where the ousted despot's diehards are holed up inside a conference centre.
A senior US defence official said, meanwhile, that NATO chiefs believe the fugitive former Libyan leader no longer commands his loyalists who are on the verge of defeat.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
