Heavy Fighting Now Reported In Tripoli

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Heavy Fighting Reported In Tripoli; Rebels Encircle City -- New York Times

ZAWIYAH, Libya — For the first time in months, witnesses in Tripoli reported heavy fighting across the capital late Saturday night, even as rebel forces claimed to have encircled the city by taking major towns to its east, west and south.

Rebel leaders in Tunis and eastern Libya hailed the beginning of a new uprising in the capital against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s rule. And after months of rebel offenses that crumbled or stalled despite heavy support from a NATO airstrike campaign, it was the first time since the uprising began in February that the rebels threatened Colonel Qaddafi’s ultimate stronghold.

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My Comment: The rebels and their sympathizers in Tripoli must now sense that the end is near .... and are now pushing for an end to the war. The next few days are going to be critical.