Thursday, September 22, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates September 22, 2011



Libya's NTC Captures Three Southern Towns -- Al Jazeera

Escape route for Muammar Gaddafi now cut off, but combat suspended in tough battles for Bani Walid and Sirte.

Commanders with the National Transitional Council (NTC) said their forces now controlled all three main towns in the Al-Jufra oasis, 24 hours after they announced the capture of Libya's largest desert city, Sabha, in the deep south.

"Al-Jufra - Hun, Waddan and Sokna - is liberated," a military spokesman in Libya's third-largest city Misrata said in a statement early on Thursday.

The defeat of Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in the Saharan oases left his remaining forces in his hometown of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast and the desert city of Bani Walid to its west effectively cut off from any line of escape to the south.

Several key Gaddafi supporters have fled to Niger from Sabha, an NTC spokesman said on Thursday.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

FACTBOX-Latest developments in the Libyan conflict -- Reuters
Libya: NTC says key oasis towns taken -- BBC
Libya rulers say they seize Gaddafi desert outposts -- Reuters
Libya's NTC confirms Sabha control, confident in remaining towns -- Xinhuanet
Libya's Provisional Fighters Expand Control of Former Gadhafi Stronghold -- Voice of America
NATO strikes, NTC kill 151 in Sirte: Gaddafi aide -- Reuters
Anti-Gaddafi civilians 'executed in Sirte' -- The Telegraph
Libya NTC fighters struggle to capture Sirte -- Al Jazeera
Libya holds back from assault on last Kadhafi redoubts -- AFP
Libya delays assault on Sirte -- Sydney Morning Herald/AFP
Sirte shows rocky path ahead for Libya's new rulers -- Reuters
Libya military site yields possible radioactive material -- CNN
Libyan rebels discover Gaddafi's chemical weapons -- The Guardian
Gaddafi's ex-premier jailed after fleeing Libya -- Reuters
Nato backing for 90 more days of military action in Libya -- Daily Mail
NATO Says Gadhafi Fighters Continue to Be Threat -- New York Times/AP
Libya rulers says Gaddafi running out of options -- Reuters
$23bn windfall for new Libya -- Financial Times
Libya's Latest Tourist Attraction: Qaddafi's Old Homes -- Yahoo News/Atlantic Wire
Timeline: Libya's civil war nears end -- Reuters

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