Sirte is utterly destroyed. In just a few weeks this pristine show town, the birthplace and beneficiary of Colonel Gaddafi’s largesse, has been reduced to rubble.
A tsunami of fighting has swept this seaside town away. Those returning to the battlefield are picking through the rubble looking for anything they can salvage.
I visited here a few months ago under the control of Col Gaddafi's minders. The people said they would fight to the end in support of the "Brother Leader".
As the rebels advanced they warned the citizens: "Give up or face annihilation."
Bullet cases litter the roads in battle-scarred Sirte
Spent ammunition litters the streets in battle-scarred Sirte
True to their word the citizens stood firm and the rebels did as they promised.
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