Sunday, March 27, 2011

Libyan rebels advance on Muammar Gaddafi's home town

Revolutionary forces move more west along Libya's coastal road, seizing several towns without resistance, as they get closer to Sirte
A Libyan rebel fighter sits in his vehicle as rebel forces move towards Muammar Gaddafi's home town

A Libyan rebel fighter sits in his vehicle as rebel forces move towards Muammar Gaddafi's home town, Sirte.

Libyan rebels are advancing on Muammar Gaddafi's home town, Sirte, after retaking all the ground lost in earlier fighting as government forces broke and fled under western air strikes.

Revolutionary forces rapidly moved more than 150 miles west along Libya's coastal road, seizing several towns without resistance, as the first witness accounts emerged of the devastating effect on Gaddafi's army and militia of the aerial bombardment that broke their resistance at Ajdabiya on Saturday.

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