EAST OF SIRTE, Libya - Libyan troops areunable to defeat forces loyal to deposed leader Muammar Gaddafiin the city of Sirte because the country's new rulers arefailing to supply them with enough ammunition, fighters near thefront line said on Tuesday.
In the latest reverse in weeks of chaotic fighting overSirte, Gaddafi's birthplace and one of the last remainingbastions of his support, five anti-Gaddafi fighters were killedon Tuesday after they came under artillery fire.
More than a month after Gaddafi was swept from power, theinterim government has still not stamped out the last pockets ofresistance, prompting criticism over its lack of cohesion andraising fresh questions about whether it can run the oilexporting country effectively.