By Rory Mulholland and Herve Bar | AFP – 1 hr 41 mins ago.
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An AFP correspondent said the NTC forces resumed the assault on Saturday after a sandstorm eased, boosting visibility in and around Sirte, once a symbol of Kadhafi's regime.
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In eastern Sirte, NTC fighters overlooking the rectangular Ouagadougou centre said its concrete bunkers were proving tougher than they originally thought.
"It has been hit for days by tank guns and rockets, but it hasn't budged. Its paint has hardly been scratched," said one of them with a Kalashnikov.
The number of NTC fighters at the front was lower than on Friday, when hundreds poured into Sirte at dawn on heavily armed pick-ups, following a ferocious artillery and rocket barrage.
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