Quick Read Anti-Gadhafi fighters shell Sirte ahead of renewed push on fugitive leader's hometown
Photo credit: AP | A Libyan revolutionary fighter fires his machinegun while attacking pro- Gadhafi forces inside the Ouagadougou conference center of Sirte, Libya , Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since September 15 but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the home town of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi . (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
(AP) -- Revolutionary fighters are shelling Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte ahead of a renewed push on the city, one of the last bastions of support for the fugitive leader.
Anti-Gadhafi forces have pushed to within less than half a mile (kilometer) from loyalist fighters dug in around the Ouagadougou conference center and Green Square in the heart of the city.
Sirte is the last...
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