WRAPUP 2-Last throes of Libya war focus on Sirte

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Source: Reuters

By Maria Golovnina and Mohammed Abbas

TRIPOLI, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Libyan rebel forces were converging on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Monday, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution but uncertain if the fallen strongman was holed up there.

The fugitive Gaddafi's whereabouts were still not known and it was possible he was still in hiding in Tripoli after it fell to rebel forces and his 42-year-old reign collapsed.

NATO war planes struck at Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast, for a third day on Sunday, a spokesman for the multi-national alliance said in Brussels.

"We're paying close attention to what's happening in Sirte because we know that there are remnants of the regime that are there," the spokesman said.



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1. Sirte will fall within 10 days: Libya rebels

(Reuters) - It will take Libyan rebels no more than 10 days to take control of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's home town and last major stronghold along the Mediterranean coast, a rebel commander told Reuters on Sunday.

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After Sirte, the rebels say they will turn to Gaddafi's Sabha stronghold in the desert south.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/28/us-libya-sirte-colonel-idUSTRE77R2EY20110828