77181131 Opponents of Gaddafi took Sirte Port
The troops of the National Transitional Council (NPC), Libya took control of the port of Sirte, the hometown of Moammar Gadhafi, reports the Agence France-Presse. According to the NPC, the port was taken on the night of Tuesday, September 27, following clashes with the loyal forces of al-Gaddafi. As the agency taking the city's port has become an important strategic victory for opponents of the leader of Jamahiriya in the struggle for self Sirte. Currently, troops are preparing for NPC to move to the city center where the fortified bunkers supporters of al-Gaddafi. Earlier, troops of the transitional council managed to establish control over the eastern part of the Sirte – NPC forces pushed deep into the city for about two kilometers. The final capture of his native city Qaddafi, according to representatives of NPS, will be completed later when the Sirte leave all civilians. Daily from the city go about 500 cars with refugees. Muammar Gaddafi himself, according to troops taken prisoner NPC General al-Abadjiev Bensayah, hiding in the sparsely populated southern part of Libya under the protection of mercenaries from Nigeria and Chad. Apart from the major part of the Sirte Libyan cities under the control of supporters of al-Gaddafi is still in Bani Walid. Battles for the town has been going on for several weeks, but supporters of the former Libyan leader, have a fierce resistance.
