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Libya fighters' push stalled by Gadhafi troops
By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and KARIN LAUB
Associated Press
WADI DINAR, Libya (AP) -- Fierce resistance by Moammar Gadhafi loyalists entrenched in two strongholds has stalled the rebels' final push for complete control over Libya.
Three weeks after the fall of Tripoli appeared to herald the end of Libya's brutal civil war, the protracted battle over the loyalist bastions of Bani Walid and Sirte, Gadhafi's hometown, has dashed hopes of a speedy "declaration of liberation" that would start the clock ticking on a transition to democracy.
Libya's new rulers say that capturing the towns, along with the remote southern stronghold of Sabha, is just a matter of time. They insist they've been slowed by unsuccessful attempts to negotiate surrender deals with tribal leaders - with two envoys from the negotiation team killed Sunday
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[B]"The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." - Sen. Barack Obama December 20, 2007.[/B]
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