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9/4/11

Libyan fighters target Gaddafi stronghold - by Andrew Beatty

Fighters loyal to Libya's new rulers advanced on one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining bastions on Sunday, as secret files shed light on his regime's links to US and British spy agencies.

A commander of the fighters said talks aimed at securing the peaceful surrender of Gaddafi's forces in Bani Walid had been scrapped and an assault on the oasis town southeast of Tripoli was imminent.

"We are getting ready," said Mohamed al-Fassi, checkpoint commander in the village of Shishan, 70km north of Bani Walid.

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