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Moammar Gadhafi rolled triumphantly into the central square here—damping hopes by rebels and their international allies that the strongman's supporters would melt away.
Fighting Flares in Tense Tripoli Charles Levinson 2011
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Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan mountain city in the most serious challenge to the government since the strongman's fall.
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One day after rebels celebrated their capture of Tripoli's Bab al-Aziziya compound, the symbolic heart of the longtime strongman's regime, Gadhafi loyalists pounded city neighborhoods with erratic mortar fire.
Loyalist Fighters Dig In as Libya Rebels Set Bounty Charles Levinson 2011
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Moammar Gadhafi's southern stronghold, opening a new front and suggesting the strongman's grip is slipping even in areas believed firmly in his control.
Libyan Rebels Advance on a Gadhafi Stronghold Charles Levinson 2011
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The rebel leader also pleaded with members of the strongman's inner circle to either kill or capture him, promising that Libyan society would reward whoever does so with amnesty for past crimes.
Loyalist Fighters Dig In as Libya Rebels Set Bounty Charles Levinson 2011
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In Libya, rebels pulled within 80 miles of Gadhafi's southern stronghold, opening a new front and suggesting the strongman's grip is slipping even in areas believed firmly in his control.
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Seif el-Islam Gadhafi, long the strongman's heir apparent, urged supporters Wednesday to wage nonstop resistance and warned rebels of a formidable battle ahead in Sirte.
Libya Standoff Spurs Worries Sam Dagher 2011
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Moammar Gadhafi's forces, a strategic shift aimed at hastening the strongman's downfall after three months of NATO-led airstrikes.
France Says It Armed Opposition in Libya Inti Landauro 2011
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Moammar Gadhafi's forces, a strategic shift aimed at hastening the strongman's downfall after three months of NATO-led airstrikes.
France Says It Armed Opposition in Libya Inti Landauro 2011
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Libyan rebel fighters have penetrated the country's southwest desert and pulled within 130 kilometers of Gadhafi's southern stronghold, opening a new front and suggesting the strongman's grip is slipping even in areas believed firmly in his control.
What's News— 2011
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