Reply #86: Libya rebels poised to attack Gadhafi stronghold

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By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI - Associated Press | AP – 4 mins 24 secs ago.


TARHOUNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels are poised to attack one of Moammar Gadhafi's remaining strongholds, but their military spokesman said Sunday he expected the town's tribal leaders to surrender rather than see their divided followers fight one another.

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Col. Ahmed Bani, the rebel's military spokesman based in Benghazi, said members of the tribe that dominates Bani Walid, the Warfala, are divided over whether to join the rebels. He said the Warfala to surrender to avoid fighting among one another.


"They will give up at the end because they are cousins and they don't want to spill each other's blood," he said.

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Al-Fassi said more Gadhafi loyalists have moved into Bani Walid from the south, but did not know how many.

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