Rebels About To Launch Yet Another “Final” Assault On Kaddafi
Sep 3, 2011 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
TARHOUNA, Libya (AP) — Rebel fighters were poised Saturday to assault one of the last strongholds of loyalist fighters in Libya, giving residents of Bani Walid one final night to choose between surrender and an all-out attack.
Thousands of fighters were moving toward the town from three sides, according to a senior rebel official from the area, Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz, who is also involved in the surrender talks. Some fighters had pushed to within six miles (10 kilometers) of the town, but stopped to avoid being accidentally targeted in NATO airstrikes.
“If they don’t raise the rebel flag tomorrow, we will enter with force,” said Abdel-Razak al-Nathori, a rebel who commands one of the brigades advancing on the town.
