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NATO airstrikes pound pro-Gadhafi targets

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[September 13, 2011]  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- NATO says its warplanes have pounded targets in a number of key strongholds of support for fugitive dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The alliance said Tuesday that airstrikes struck one radar system, eight surface-to-air missile systems, five surface-to-air missile trailers, one armed vehicle and two command vehicles a day earlier near Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte.

NATO also says it struck six tanks and two armored fighting vehicles in Sabha in the southern desert.

Those two cities, along with Bani Walid, are the primary bastions of Gadhafi loyalists remaining in the country more than three weeks after revolutionary forces captured Tripoli.

Libyan fighters launched an assault Friday on Bani Walid, but the offensive has stalled in the face of fierce resistance.

[Associated Press]

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