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Monday, October 10, 2011

Pro-Gaddafi fighters filmed firing Scud missile in battle for Sirte


The video is reported to have been discovered on a mobile phone belonging to a fighter loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and is alleged to show the launch of a Soviet-made Scud missile from the former leader's hometown of Sirte.

The footage was obtained when Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) forces, having launched a furious 'final offensive' on the loyalist stronghold, advanced into areas of the city previously held by pro-Gaddafi forces.

In August, a Nato warplane shot down a Scud missile fired from the coastal city where fighters loyal to the deposed dictator have been continuing to battle the rebellion against him despite the NTC taking power in the country.

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