The Looming Battle of Sirte
Checkpoint near Brega. (Photo: Al Jazeera/Flickr)
The remaining forces of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the town of Sirte have been told to surrender or face the consequences. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Shashank Joshi, a military expert with the Royal United Services Institute, in London, about the looming battle there between Gaddafi loyalists and troops of the transitional government.
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