Gadhafi Forces Attack Rebel City In Western Libya

By KARIN LAUB and BEN HUBBARD, Associated Press
Fri, 04/15/2011 - 2:33pm

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi's troops launched a powerful assault with tanks and rockets Friday on Misrata, the last major rebel city in western Libya, sending residents fleeing to increasingly crowded safe areas of the city that are still out of the Libyan leader's reach, witnesses said....

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