Extraordinary Pictures From The Battles In The Libyan City Of Sirte

Taking cover: Anti-Gaddafi fighters crouch low behind one of their vehicles as heavy gunfire rains over their heads during the battle

Last Stand In Sirte: Extraordinary Pictures Show Libyan City Shelled To Smithereens -- Daily Mail

* Gaddafi loyalists now holed up in one area
Buildings are crumbling, heavily armed fighters stand on every street corner and snipers lurk on rooftops - welcome to Sirte.

The home city of Libya's fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi is one of the last area's not to have succumbed to the militia army of the National Transitional Council.

These astonishing photographs show how the rebel fighters, as the NTC was previously dubbed, are slowly tightening their strangle-hold around the city - with pro-Gaddafi fighters now only occupying a tiny section.

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My Comment: Revenge was in the cards for the rebels when the residents and fighters loyal to Gaddafi decided to make their last stand in Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte. As these extraordinary pictures show .... the rebels did not hold back their fire.