Reply #17: Confusion hampering charge on Gaddafi desert bastion [View All]

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Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:33pm GMT

By Maria Golovnina


BANI WALID, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Confused orders, no central command and dissent in the ranks are holding up efforts by Libya's provisional government to take the Muammar Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid, fighters said.

On Sunday, ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) forces fled in a chaotic retreat from the town, after failing in another attempt to storm the desert stronghold.

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The Bani Walid front was reinforced with 1,000 fighters over the last few days, many of them in uniform and identifying themselves as from Libya's "national army".

At Sirte, more than 900 vehicles are involved in the fight on one front and 400 are trying to approach from another.

Yet, still, no victory.

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http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5E7KI0T120110918?sp=true