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To: steve harris who wrote (55192)8/15/2011 9:04:24 PM
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Rebels say Tripoli encircled; Gaddafi defiant

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said on Monday they had seized a second strategic town near Tripoli within 24 hours, completing the encirclement of the capital in the boldest advances of their six-month-old uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.

In a barely audible telephone call to state television overnight, a defiant and apparently isolated Gaddafi called on his followers to fight rebels he referred to as "rats."....

reuters.com