Reply #24: Opposition objective at Sirte is to reach families from Misrata held hostage [View All]

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The Guardian's Chris Stephen reports:

The opposition objective is to punch through the front and reach District One, inhabited by families originally from Misrata who NTC sources say are being held hostage by pro-Gaddafi militias.

"Answering to the call of our people in the city of Sirte and in order to remove the injustice inflicted upon them by the ousted tyrant, more than 900 armed car(s) went toward Sirte this morning," said the military council.

Loyalist forces are fighting back with artillery, mortars and long-range grad rockets.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/sep/15/libya-world-leaders-visit-tripoli#block-66#block-65