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Pakistan and Afghanistan, spoiling for a full-blown fight ? Related Topics World » Libya » Related Video Wounded in Sirte Mon, Oct 10 2011 Fighting to the finish in Sirte NTC forces take Sirte university Fighting continues in Bani Walid 1 of 21. Anti-Gaddafi move during clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte, October 10, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih By Rania El Gamal and Tim Gaynor SIRTE, Libya | Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:01pm EDT SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan transitional government forces said they had cornered Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in the center of the deposed leader's hometown on Monday, where desperate civilians were still trying to flee the fierce street fighting. The protracted battle for Sirte has raised concerns that civilian casualties could breed long-term hostility and make it hard for the National Transitional Council (NTC) to unite the vast North African state once the fighting is over. "Gaddafi's forces are cornered in two neighborhoods near the sea, an area of about 2-km square, but there is still resistance," Abdul Salam Javallah, commander of NTC units from eastern Libya, told Reuters on the front line of their attack. "We are dealing with them now with light weapons because there are still families inside," he said. Shortly after he spoke, a group of three women, three small children and two male civilians emerged from a house on the front line. They were searched by the rebels and hurriedly got into a car and drove off waving the V-for-victory sign. Another family of three women and one man, stopping at a checkpoint as they fled Sirte, said they had been trapped in their house by the fighting. "We didn't know where the strikes were coming from. Everyone is being hit all day and all night. There is no electricity and no water. There is nothing. There is not one neighborhood that hasn't been hit," said one of the women who gave her name as Umm Ismail. NTC commanders say they are using only light weapons, but government tanks have also moved into road intersections and pounded Gaddafi positions, while pick-up trucks mounted with heavy weapons as well as foot soldiers darted out of cover to fire wildly up ahead. At times, NTC units came under fire from their own side, a hazard becoming more acute as the poorly coordinated groups of government volunteers attacking from the east and west close in on one another. Most of the NTC forces attacking Sirte are from other towns and do not have much help from the inside as they did they when they captured the capital Tripoli on August 23 and ended 42 years of one-man rule by Gaddafi after six months of civil war. GADDAFI'S MEN FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES Many civilians from Sirte are also fighting alongside the remnants of Gaddafi's army in the belief the outsiders will commit atrocities once they capture the city of 75,000 people, which Gaddafi built into a lavish second capital. "Gaddafi's troops know their way around," said one government fighter in a brief lull in the fighting. "We don't know the city. We don't even know what's in the next street." Gaddafi is believed to be hiding in the desert to the south. NTC forces have struggled to take Sirte and a few other bastions of Gaddafi loyalists, which has impeded efforts to set up effective government nationwide and restart oil production, the lifeblood of the Libyan economy. Several Libyan analysts also say they are worried fault lines are opening up between the Islamist-run Tripoli Military Council, which has nominal control over the capital and is also believed to be backed by Qatar, and groups loyal to interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, a Western-trained technocrat. The interim government sent out text messages on Monday urging their fighters to report to military bases and join the national army. Concern is rising in the capital about potential conflict among armed groups that converged on Tripoli in August and have stayed on to demand stakes in a future government. NTC forces in Sirte took three important landmark buildings on Sunday -- the main hospital, the university and the opulent Ouagadougou conference center, built to host the summits of foreign dignitaries that Gaddafi was fond of staging. "Eighty percent of Sirte is now under our control," said Omar Abu Lifa, a commander of government forces attacking Sirte from the west. NTC forces have repeatedly claimed to be on the point of victory in Sirte, only to suffer sudden reversals at the hands of tenacious enemies fighting for their lives, surrounded on three sides and with their backs to the sea. In just one field hospital to the east of the city, doctors said they had received 20 dead and 87 wounded over the last two days from fighting. There were many more casualties elsewhere. One man, a student, who had escaped from the center of the city, said he had watched from a rooftop on Sunday as Gaddafi soldiers destroyed 10 government pick-up trucks. "Their morale is very high," said Salam Awad. "They are prepared to fight to the death." NTC chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil said his men had reached Sirte city center, while the only other major town in the hands of Gaddafi loyalists, Bani Walid in the interior desert to the south, was also under siege from no fewer than five sides. "I think and I hope, with the help of God, the liberation of these two towns will be completed by the end of this week. God willing," he told a news conference in Tripoli on Sunday. Sirte holds symbolic significance because Gaddafi turned it from a fishing village into a second capital. He built opulent villas, hotels and conference halls to house the international summits he liked to stage there. (Additional reporting by Barry Malone and Joseph Logan in Tripoli; Writing by Jon Hemming; Editing by Peter Graff) World Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (1) getmeout22 wrote: Many civilians from Sirte are also fighting alongside the remnants of Gaddafi’s army in the belief the outsiders will commit atrocities once they capture the city of 75,000 people.” And they have every reason to believe this since the former rebels have vowed to kill every Gaddafi loyalist, whether in battle or after they surrender. Not much incentive for them NOT to fight to the death. What is NATO doing to ensure that massive war crimes are not committed by the new Libyan government when they finally conquer Sirte and Bani Walid? Oct 11, 2011 2:40am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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