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Amateur video shows scenes from the fight for Bani Walid

2011-10-17 164 Dailymotion

Rough Cut (no reporter narration)<br/> REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY AUTHETICATE THIS VIDEO<br/> STORY: Libyan interim government forces entered the pro-Muammar Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid on Sunday (October 16) and raised Libya's new flag, a senior military commander said.<br/> "We have reached the city centre (of Bani Walid) and have raised the flag," Colonel Abdullah Naker, head of the Tripoli Revolutionist Council, told Reuters by phone.<br/> Fighters from a brigade taking part in the assault on Bani Walid also told Reuters they had entered the town.<br/> Video provided to Reuters by an amateur fim maker purpoted to show heavy fighting as rebel forces advanced into new ground in Bani Walid.<br/> The film maker told Reuters the material was shot on Sunday.<br/> Reuters is unable to independently authenticate the video.<br/> Bani Walid is -- along with Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte -- one of only two remaining towns in Libya resisting the rule of the National Transitional Council (NTC).

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