Militias loyal to Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked the southern town of Ghadames, on the border with Algeria, on Saturday but were pushed back, a spokesman for Libya's interim government has said
"These militias have attacked our people in Ghadames ... All the information we have got is that these groups are related to the son of Gaddafi, Khamis," Ahmed Bani, a military spokesman for the National Transitional Council, told a news conference in Tripoli.
"We are expecting some militias in that area to use the geographical base to hide in. Our freedom fighters have taken control of that area. Our freedom fighters will not allow (another attack)," he said.
The attack comes as plans by new regime forces to launch a fresh assault on Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte appeared to be put on hold by Nato.
A day after entering the coastal city in a surprise assault, NTC fighters pulled back on the western side of the town.
"We were ordered to leave downtown Sirte because Nato has a mission to do there. We left after 7pm last night," front line fighter Ahmed Mohammed Tajuri told AFP.
------ Os combatentes do Conselho de Transição receberam ordens para deixar o centro de Sirte porque a NATO tinha uma missão para efectuar ali! A NATO é quem mais ordena...
+++++++ Se Ghadames é uma cidade meridional, como se afirma aqui, o que dizer de Ghat e de Murzuq, que ficam muito mais para baixo? Parece que o mapa da Líbia utilizado por certos jornalistas está muito incompleto, ignorando territórios que se situam 930 quilómetros a sul de Tripoli e de Sirte. Territórios esses nos quais elementos da família Kadhafi se poderão eventualmente mover como peixe na água.
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