Libyan revolutionaries vow to take Brega within days

Libya’s opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) said Saturday that they were preparing to enter the oil refinery town of Brega within days.

The revolutionary combatants have reached the outskirts of Brega by Thursday, and have been trying to breach its defenses from north, east and south, NTC spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga told journalists in the eastern city of Benghazi.

“The battles have caused some casualties, as Gaddafi’s forces laid landmines in and around Brega,” he said.

“But our special forces managed to push forward a few kilometers and disarm some landmines,” he added.