RAF Airstrikes Sink Boat Filled With Gaddafi Troops After Refinery Battle -- The Telegraph
The RAF sank a boat filled with Libyan troops loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi in the final act of a fierce battle with rebel soldiers for the country’s last functioning oil refinery.
The intervention came at the culmination of a firefight that ended Col Gaddafi’s control of the Zawiyah facility, which lies just 30 miles west of the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Pro-Gaddafi forces had taken to the sea by boat after fighting a desperate rearguard battle for the refinery, the regime’s last source of fuel for its besieged capital.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said they had commandeered a tug in an effort to regroup after a Nato strike destroyed their armed vehicles in the refinery.
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My Comment: I suspect that the casualties from this attack are sky-high, and a major psychological blow to Gadaffi's forces.
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