“Overnight there was a aircraft attack by Nato on the Gaddafi operations room in Zlitan and there are around 32 Gaddafi troops killed. One of them is Khamis,” said Mohammed Zawawi, a spokesman for the United Revolutionary Forces.
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Khamis, who has long led pro-government militia fighters, was said to be commanding the battle for Zlitan – a Gaddafi bastion that has halted the rebel advance on Tripoli…
But authorities in Tripoli quickly denied that claim, saying they controlled the entire town.
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