Reply #10: Libya: Gaddafi son spotted in Bani Walid as heavy fighting continues [View All]

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Libyan forces takes key parts of Sabha but NTC claims sighting in city where Gaddafi loyalists hold fast

Ian Black in Tripoli and Chris Stephen in Misrata guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 September 2011 13.54 EDT


Free Libyan forces have taken key parts of the southern desert town of Sabha, a bastion of support for Muammar Gaddafi and other senior regime fugitives, the new rebel government in Tripoli announced on Monday.

Confirmation of the capture of Sabha's citadel and airport marks a significant military advance, though the fate of the rest of the town was unclear. But there was no sign of an end to heavy fighting in Bani Walid, 100 miles south of Tripoli, where Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, the deposed leader's son, was said to have been spotted.

Saif al-Islam, wanted along with his father for crimes against humanity, has been rumoured to be in the area before, but this was the first sighting to be claimed by officials of the National Transitional Council, now recognised internationally as Libya's government.

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Rebels in Misrata believe a senior Gaddafi figure – possibly another son, Mutasim – is hiding in the coastal city of Sirte, which is also holding out after five days of heavy fighting in which 44 rebels have died.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/19/gaddafi-son-spotted-bani-walid