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| Gaddafi hometown residents flees as rebel approach |
| 2011-03-27 |
| FAMILIES are fleeing west from the central coastal town of Sirte, hometown of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, as rebels advance. A dozen cars were seen heading towards Tripoli, 360km to the west, filled with women and children fearing coalition air strikes and the advancing rebel fighters, who have been pushing Gaddafi's forces back along the main coastal road. Authorities in Tripoli invited a score of journalists to Sirte, many of whom called their embassies to ensure that they would not be targeted in any coalition air strikes. According to a Sirte resident reached by telephone, the town was hit by air strikes throughout Saturday night and Sunday morning. "The city became a fireball." Most people, terrified, fled into the desert. |
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