New fighting breaks out in heart of Libyan capital
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A gunbattle erupted Friday between hundreds of revolutionary forces and Muammar Gaddafi supporters in the capital for the first time in more than two months after a group tried to raise the green flag that symbolizes the ousted leader's regime.
The fighting began when a group of loyalists carrying the green flag appeared on the streets of Tripoli's Abu Salim neighborhood, which houses the notorious prison of the same name.
Shouting "God is Great," anti-Gadhafi fighters converged on the area, which has long been a loyalist stronghold, in pickups mounted with weapons, setting up checkpoints as heavy gunfire echoed through the streets. (AP)
