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NATO strikes boat carrying Gaddafi troops

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A NATO spokesman says coalition warplanes have targeted a small boat carrying Moammar Gaddafi's troops off the coast of Zawiya as rebels advanced in the strategic city along the Mediterranean.

 

The spokesman says the boat was struck Wednesday because the government troops were "threatening civilians." Libyan rebels claimed on Thursday to have gained control of the country's last functioning oil refinery in Zawiya. (AP)

 

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