A Syrte, la résistance gaddafiste faiblit (enfin !).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/08/libya-resistance-weakens-gaddafi-hometownLibya: resistance weakens as troops advance into Gaddafi's hometownDefenders firing few rockets and avoiding firefights may be running low on ammunition in Sirte
Pas de nouvelles de Bani Wali, ni de la localisation précise à dix heures près ni de la capture de Mouammar Gaddafi.
Pas de cible atteinte revendiquée par l'OTAN le 8 octobre.
Key Hits 9 OCTOBER:
3 Armed Vehicles were struck in Bany Walid.
Libyan forces seize Sirte landmarks as battle for key city nears endAnti-Gaddafi troops halt push for main square to let Sirte civilians flee fighting
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/09/libyan-forces-seize-sirte-landmarks
The Libyan interim government forces said on Sunday they had captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, but were holding off an assault on the main square to allow civilians to escape.
Taking Sirte would bring Libya's new rulers a big step closer to establishing control of the whole country almost two months after they seized the capital, Tripoli, but Gaddafi snipers are holding up their advance in chaotic street battles.
"We have made good progress," said Mahmoud Bayu, commander of the Shohada al-Manatair brigade, to the south of Sirte.
"We have entered the Ouagadougou centre, there is some fighting going on, but it's under our control."
He said the National Transitional Council (NTC) forces had also reached the main square of the coastal city, but could not move in yet as they were waiting for civilians to leave.
Another target for the advance, the university, had also been seized overnight, NTC forces in the east of the city said, but they had come under heavy fire there on Sunday morning and some had fallen back.
"Last night, we were sleeping in the university and this morning we came under random strikes there," said a fighter who had withdrawn from the position. "We have martyrs inside and we are trying to get them out."
The bodies of two men lay in a nearby field hospital, one with his face blown off. They had been hit by fire from an anti-aircraft gun while trying to evacuate patients from a frontline hospital, their comrades said.
Lines of pick-up trucks mounted with heavy weapons waited to move up to take on a sniper holding up their advance.
The faltering struggle to capture Sirte and the other few remaining bastions of pro-Gaddafi loyalists has sidetracked NTC efforts to set up an effective government in the sprawling north African country and rebuild the oil production vital to its economy.
Sirte holds a symbolic importance because Gaddafi turned it from a fishing village into a second capital. He built opulent villas, hotels and conference halls to house the international summits he liked to stage there.
But taking Sirte carries risks for Libya's new rulers. A drawn-out battle with many civilian casualties would breed hostility that would make it very difficult for the NTC to unite the country once the fighting is over.
Thousands of civilians have fled Sirte as fighting has intensified, describing increasingly desperate conditions for those still inside the seafront city.
There is no electricity, water and food are running out, and people have spoken of the stench of rotting corpses at the city's hospital.
Photos de la prise de l'Université et de l'hôpital :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/oct/09/libya-arab-and-middle-east-protestsOn remarquera les chaussées tapissées de douilles.
La récupération de métaux semble une des affaires nécessaires dans l'avenir.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/09/libya-sirte-battle-gaddafiBattle for Sirte reaches heart of Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold
Liberators make gains in colonel's home town and seize landmarks, but loyalist fighters are resisting surrender