Snipers in last-ditch bid to defend Gaddafi hometown

SIRTE, Libya — Forces of Libya's transitional government swept into Sirte on Saturday in one of the biggest assaults yet on Moammar Gaddafi's home town but had to seek cover when they drew fire from his die-hard loyalists.

Fighters with the Transitional National Council shouted "Allahu Akbar!" ("God is greatest!") as a force of about 100 pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons pushed into a residential district on the southern side of Sirte.

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Joby Warrick 09 Oct, 2011


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