Libyan Rebels Try To Cut Routes To Tripoli

Libyan rebels claimed Sunday they were trying to cut off two key supply routes to Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold in Tripoli after capturing more towns in the west of the country. The opposition fighters also battled government forces for control of the strategic city of Zawiya, just 30 miles from the capital.
The rebel advances over the past few days out of the western mountains near Tunisia into Zawiya on the Mediterranean coast and other nearby towns marked the most significant gains

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