Gaddafi loyalists repel assault on last bastions

BANI WALID/SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Diehard loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi unleashed barrages of rockets and mortars to beat back an assault by interim government forces on one of their last bastions in Libya's desert and also held off an advance into his home town.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/186b5c42/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Gaddafi+loyalists+repel+assault+on+last+bastions&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F16%2Fuk-libya-idUKTRE76Q30I20110916%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Gaddafi+loyalists+repel+assault+on+last+bastions&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F16%2Fuk-libya-idUKTRE76Q30I20110916%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/112943804536/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/186b5c42/kg/264/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/112943804536/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/186b5c42/kg/264/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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