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Summary Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles from Gaddafi's main stronghold of Tripoli.
The announcement comes a day after opposition fighters launched their first attack on the capital itself.Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town.MuradDabdoub, a fighter who returned to Zawiya from the front, told a news agency that Gaddafis forces were pounding rebel positions with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire.The rebels arrival at Jedaim was also confirmed by Abdul-Bari Gilan, a doctor in Zawiya. He said that he had treated a rebel who was wounded in the fighting at Jedaim.
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