Libya News Libya: Gaddafi Attacks Rebels In Eastern Towns March 10th

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Description: 1:56pm UK, Thursday March 10, 2011 David Connolly, Sky News Online Rebel-held towns in eastern Libya have come under renewed artillery and air strikes as government troops try to push back opposition forces. Witnesses said that a number of bombs or missiles had landed close to oil facilities in Ras Lanuf. A hospital in the port city was evacuated after it came under rocket fire. Heavy fighting was reported near Bin Jawad, about 20 miles to the west, where pro-Gaddafi troops have stalled the rebel advance in recent days. "Right now, there is a bloody fight ... between us and Gaddafi's mercenary force for Bin Jawad," a rebel soldier told Reuters. Libyan army tanks were firing on rebel positions, witnesses said. Brega, further inside the rebel-controlled east of the country, was also hit by air strikes for the first time in several days.
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