Gaddafi launches air strikes on rebels
Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi ordered air strikes on a town held by anti-regime demonstrators.
The air strikes on the eastern Libyan oil terminal town of Brega took place as a defiant 68-year-old Gaddafi attempted to recapture areas held by rebel forces seeking to end his four decades in power.
Troops loyal to Gaddafi lost the town Wednesday after briefly capturing it from opposition fighters, AKI news agency reported.
Fighting was also reported in Ajdabiya town for a second straight day Thursday.
Text: IANS
Images: Rebels clean and prepare an anti-aircraft gun at a position outside Ajdabiya, eastern Libya on Thursday, March 3, 2011. (Photographs copyright AP)
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