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Wed 03 Mar 2011Gadafy offensive pushes back rebels
Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior arms and tactics of Muammar Gadafy's troops today, exposing the insurgents' weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales in their favour.
It had taken more than five days of allied bombardment to destroy government tanks and artillery in the strategic town of Ajdabiyah before rebels rushed in and chased Col Gadafy's troops 300km west in a two-day dash along the coast.
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