NATO airstrikes pound pro-Gadhafi targets

A former rebel fighter walks inside a community center, at the northern gate of Bani Walid, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Three weeks after the fall of Tripoli appeared to herald the end of Libya's brutal civil war, the protracted battle over the loyalist bastions of Bani Walid and Sirte, Gadhafi's hometown, has dashed hopes of a speedy "declaration of liberation" that would start the clock ticking on a transition to democracy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A former rebel fighter walks inside a community center, at the northern gate of Bani Walid, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Three weeks after the fall of Tripoli appeared to herald the end of Libya's brutal civil war, the protracted battle over the loyalist bastions of Bani Walid and Sirte, Gadhafi's hometown, has dashed hopes of a speedy "declaration of liberation" that would start the clock ticking on a transition to democracy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Former rebel fighters rest at the northern gate of Bani Walid, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Three weeks after the fall of Tripoli appeared to herald the end of Libya's brutal civil war, the protracted battle over the loyalist bastions of Bani Walid and Sirte, Gadhafi's hometown, has dashed hopes of a speedy "declaration of liberation" that would start the clock ticking on a transition to democracy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? NATO says its warplanes have pounded targets in a number of key strongholds of support for fugitive dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The alliance said Tuesday that airstrikes struck one radar system, eight surface-to-air missile systems, five surface-to-air missile trailers, one armed vehicle and two command vehicles a day earlier near Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte.

NATO also says it struck six tanks and two armored fighting vehicles in Sabha in the southern desert.

Those two cities, along with Bani Walid, are the primary bastions of Gadhafi loyalists remaining in the country more than three weeks after revolutionary forces captured Tripoli.

Libyan fighters launched an assault Friday on Bani Walid, but the offensive has stalled in the face of fierce resistance.

Associated Press

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