Amateur video shows scenes from the fight for Bani Walid
- 13 years ago
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STORY: Libyan interim government forces entered the pro-Muammar Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid on Sunday (October 16) and raised Libya's new flag, a senior military commander said.
"We have reached the city centre (of Bani Walid) and have raised the flag," Colonel Abdullah Naker, head of the Tripoli Revolutionist Council, told Reuters by phone.
Fighters from a brigade taking part in the assault on Bani Walid also told Reuters they had entered the town.
Video provided to Reuters by an amateur fim maker purpoted to show heavy fighting as rebel forces advanced into new ground in Bani Walid.
The film maker told Reuters the material was shot on Sunday.
Reuters is unable to independently authenticate the video.
Bani Walid is -- along with Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte -- one of only two remaining towns in Libya resisting the rule of the National Transitional Council (NTC).
REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY AUTHETICATE THIS VIDEO
STORY: Libyan interim government forces entered the pro-Muammar Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid on Sunday (October 16) and raised Libya's new flag, a senior military commander said.
"We have reached the city centre (of Bani Walid) and have raised the flag," Colonel Abdullah Naker, head of the Tripoli Revolutionist Council, told Reuters by phone.
Fighters from a brigade taking part in the assault on Bani Walid also told Reuters they had entered the town.
Video provided to Reuters by an amateur fim maker purpoted to show heavy fighting as rebel forces advanced into new ground in Bani Walid.
The film maker told Reuters the material was shot on Sunday.
Reuters is unable to independently authenticate the video.
Bani Walid is -- along with Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte -- one of only two remaining towns in Libya resisting the rule of the National Transitional Council (NTC).