AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan rebels made a renewed effort to push towards the oil port of Brega yesterday while Muammar Gaddafi’s forces pounded besieged Misrata to the west with rockets and mortars, a rebel spokesman said.
Underlining the difficulties faced by the rebels, six were killed and 16 wounded when Gaddafi loyalists fired rockets at a group of insurgents driving along the exposed coastal’ highway from the town of Ajdabiyah west towards Brega.
The rebels’ attempt to fight their way into western Libya — which would eventually allow them to link up with comrades in