Gadhafi forces bomb rebel-held town in east Libya

Emergency services attend to the scene of a fuel-tanker explosion, which security forces at the scene said was due to a road accident, in Tripoli, Libya Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

Ben Curtis, Associated Press

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Pro-Gadhafi supporters chant in support of the Libyan Leader at the scene of a fuel-tanker explosion, which security forces at the scene said was due to a road accident, in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

Ben Curtis, Associated Press

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Emergency services attend to the scene of a fuel-tanker explosion, which security forces at the scene said was due to a road accident, in Tripoli, Libya Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

Ben Curtis, Associated Press

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BENGHAZI, Libya — Witnesses say a town in the rebel-held east of Libya has come under air attacks and forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi have retaken a nearby oil facility.

The witnesses told The Associated Press they saw two warplanes bomb the eastern part of the town of Ajdabiya at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday. They also said that pro-Gadhafi forces were advancing on the town, some 470 miles (750 kilometers) east of the capital Tripoli.

Ahmed Jerksi, manager of the Sirte oil company which runs the facility in the eastern town of Brega, said pro-Gadhafi forces retook control of the facility, southwest of Ajdabiya.

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