LA TIMES - Libya revolutionaries have Surt in stranglehold, Oct 14, 2011

Libyan revolutionaries fire on remnants of resistance in Moammar Kadafi's hometown of Surt.(Mohamed Messara / European Pressphoto Agency / October 13, 2011)

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By Ruth Sherlock, Los Angeles Times

October 14, 2011

Reporting from Surt, Libya—

Fighters loyal to Moammar Kadafi engaged in a last-ditch battle Thursday from a single pocket of resistance in the former Libyan leader's besieged hometown.

Tanks manned by fighters allied with the transitional government fired relentlessly at pro-Kadafi forces pinned in a compact residential district of Surt close to the Mediterranean coast, sending dust and concrete into the air. Anti-Kadafi fighters with rifles moved into firing position, crunching over spent ammunition cartridges that littered the central garden plaza.

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