Libyan fighters prepare for assault on Gaddafi desert bastion

WESHTATA, Libya — Libyan rebel forces massed for an attack on one of ousted leader Moammar Gaddafi's last bastions Sunday night, as their effort to negotiate the peaceful surrender of the desert town of Bani Walid broke down.

"From my side, negotiations are finished," the rebels' chief negotiator, Abdullah Kanshil, told reporters at the site of earlier roadside talks with tribal elders from the town. "They said they don't want to talk, they are threatening everyone who moves. They are putting snipers on high-rise buildings and inside olive groves. They have a big fire force."

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Greg Jaffe 05 Sep, 2011

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