Reply #47: Forces loyal to Gaddafi attacked the remote eastern oil town of Jalu

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Forces loyal to Gaddafi attacked the remote eastern oil town of Jalu in the Libyan desert on Saturday, but the town remains in rebel hands, a rebel spokesman said.

The town, south of the eastern frontline near Adjdabiyah, has been attacked by Gaddafi forces more than once since the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's rule began in mid-February.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog

Jalu is about 550km north of Kufra and ~300km south of Brega.

ETA:

Gaddafi forces attack remote oil town-rebels
Sat May 7, 2011 8:58pm GMT

BENGHAZI, Libya May 7 (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked the remote eastern oil town of Jalu in the Libyan desert on Saturday, but the town remains in rebel hands, a rebel spokesman said.

The town, south of the eastern frontline near Adjdabiyah, has been attacked by Gaddafi forces more than once since the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's rule began in mid-February.

With fighting on the eastern frontline stalled along the coast, rebels have said they suspect Gaddafi's forces are trying to hem in the rebel-held east by moving south through the desert all the way up to Tobruk near the Egyptian border.

"From time to time, he has attacked using armoured vehicles and today he repeated the same thing and attacked Jalu," the rebel National Council spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga told a news conference.

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http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE7460D820110507