Libyan Freedom Fighters have claimed that they have captured the town of Sirte which is the home town of embattled Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi alias " Butcher of Libya".
Shamsi Abdul Molah, a spokesman for the opposition's National Council told that opposition forces had moved into the city at approximately 1.30am last night (local time).
"they found it as an unarmed city. They had no problem getting in there, they did not encounter any resistance," reported Sue Turton in Benghazi. Celebratory gunfire was head in Benghazi, the opposition's stronghold in the east of the country, as news filtered in of the taking of Dictator Gaddafi's hometown.
A column of military vehicles was seen leaving Sirte on Sunday, heading west towards the capital, Tripoli.
Clashes between pro- and anti-government forces continue in other areas, meanwhile. In Misurata, nine people were killed overnight by snipers and shelling by dictator Gaddafi's forces.
The claim of the opposition taking Sirte, which could not be independently verified, came as their forces, bolstered by coalition air strikes, pushed westwards and seized control of the key towns of Bin Jawad, Ras Lanuf, Uqayla, Brega and Ajdabiya in a rapid advance along the coastline.
Coalition air strikes against targets in Tripoli also resumed on Sunday night with explosions heard in the Libyan capital.
Gaddafi's forces appeared to be withdrawing eastwards according to a new correspondent. Those still in Bin Jawad surrendered without a fight, he further said.
"It seems there has a been withdrawal and a surrender of Dictator's troops, not a battle," he said. "They removed some of their vehicles that were not bombed further up the road but they removed these vehicles in haste."
The Libyan Freedom Figters were intent on pressing onwards in the direction of Tripoli.
The opposition's National Council now says that it expecting a major battle to occur in the area around Tripoli, as opposed to at Sirte, where stiffer resistance had been expected with Snipers, rocket launchers, RPG's, Missiles and poisoned gas flames etc...
Days remaining for Butcher of Libya now gets lesser day by day.
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