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Credit: Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani By Nick Carey MISRATA, Libya | Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:38pm EDT MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebel forces on Sunday entered the oil town of Brega and fought street battles there with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said, in the biggest offensive in eastern Libya in weeks. "The news coming from there is there is a street war going on between Gaddafi troops and the rebels, and 127 are wounded from our side," Abdulrahman Busm, an official in the rebel National Transitional Council, said by telephone. Brega, about 750 km (465 miles) east of Tripoli, is the site of a strategic oil terminal. The attack could signal a new rebel push westwards from their main stronghold in the east of the country after weeks of stalemate. NATO, which has been bombing Libya for nearly four months, said its warplanes had struck a military storage facility in Tajoura, an eastern suburb of Tripoli. It said the depot contained battle tanks and armored personnel carriers. Gaddafi is refusing to step down despite a five-month-old rebellion against his rule, a campaign of NATO air strikes, and the defections of members of his inner circle. The slow progress of the rebel military campaign has caused strains within NATO, with some member states pressing for a negotiated solution to bring a swift end to a conflict many thought would last only a few weeks. GADDAFI DEFIANT In a speech on Saturday, Gaddafi described the rebels as worthless traitors and rejected suggestions that he was about to leave the country. Reports have circulated that Gaddafi is seeking a negotiated way out of the crisis. "They said Gaddafi will go to Honolulu," he said in a televised speech. "This is funny: To leave the graves of my forefathers and my people? Are you serious?" His defiance came a day after Western and Arab powers, led by the United States, said the rebel leadership was the legitimate government of Libya and underscored their demand that Gaddafi and his family relinquish power. Brega has changed hands several times in the back-and-forth fighting along Libya's Mediterranean coast since the rebellion began in February. Rebels say taking it back will be a tipping point in the conflict on the eastern front. On Saturday they said a reconnaissance unit sent into the town in preparation for an attack had clashed with government forces. Meanwhile, NATO warplanes have been targeting pro-Gaddafi forces near Brega. The alliance said targets hit on Friday included one tank, five armored fighting vehicles, and two rocket launchers near the town. Libyan officials in Tripoli made no comment on any fighting in Brega, and it was not immediately possible to verify rebel accounts of what was happening there. LIBYA THE NEXT SOMALIA? Western governments and Libya's neighbors have expressed concern that the conflict could be exploited by Islamist militants, and especially by al Qaeda's North African wing. "Niger's interest is that this crisis does not result in fundamentalists taking power (in Libya), that's our concern," said Mahamadou Issoufou, the president of Libya's southern neighbor Niger. "Niger's interest is that the crisis resolves itself, that it does not drag on and that the Libyan state does not go the same way as Somalia," he said on state television late on Saturday. On another front, in the Western Mountains region south-west of Tripoli, pro-Gaddafi forces exchanged artillery fire early on Sunday with rebels in the village of Al-Qawalish, a rebel fighter manning a checkpoint there told Reuters. The fighter, called Ahmed, also said four rebels were injured on Saturday when their vehicle hit a land mine on the southeast edge of Al-Qawalish. A minister in the rebel National Transitional Council flew from the council's base in the eastern city of Benghazi to the Western Mountains, part of a push to demonstrate the rebels are a united force despite tribal and ethnic differences. "We are here to show solidarity with our brothers," said rebel culture minister Attia Eloujali, whose plane from Benghazi landed on a stretch of highway which the rebels have turned into a landing strip. Rebels in the west of Libya "have played an important role in this revolution because they have spoiled the plot to divide the country into two parts, which Gaddafi was hoping to do," Eloujali told Reuters, in front of a school teaching the local Berber language which Gaddafi had banned. (Additional reporting by Yasmine Saleh and Omar Fahmy in Cairo, Peter Graff in Al-Qawalish, Libya, Abdoulaye Massalaatchi in Niamey and Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Myra MacDonald) 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 (2) Invictuss wrote: Biggest “offensive”…127 are wounded from our side is this sort of a joke did they use 200 men in total…this is rather a small skirmish with a bunch of ragtas that are not really sure wtf is going on there… Jul 17, 2011 12:29am EDT -- Report as abuse buildcastles wrote: Looks like the Free Libyan forces are picking up steam. http://www.houseforsaleweb.com/housenews.htm#inter Jul 18, 2011 3:26am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) © Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters Editorial Editions: Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom United States Reuters Contact Us Advertise With Us Help Journalism Handbook Archive Site Index Video Index Reader Feedback Mobile Newsletters RSS Podcasts Widgets Your View Analyst Research Thomson Reuters Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Professional Products Professional Products Support Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Careers Online Products Acquisitions Monthly Buyouts Venture Capital Journal International Financing Review Project Finance International PEhub.com PE Week FindLaw Super Lawyers Attorney Rating Service Reuters on Facebook Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. 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