Libyan rebels pushed back from Gadhafi hometown

Bin Jawwad, Libya: Libyan government tanks and rockets blunt an attack by rebels on Muammar Gaddafi hometown of Sirte on Tuesday and rejected the motley army of irregulars, even as world leaders prepared to discuss the future of the country in London.
Rockets and tanks sent volunteers rebels in Libya in a panic stampede away from the front line, before the opposition was able to raise truck-mounted rocket launchers on their own fire and return.
The latest setback rebels emphasizes the sawtooth of this conflict and how the opposition is still no match for the superior firepower and the organization of forces Gaddafi, despite a campaign International deadly airstrikes.
The two sides exchanged salvos on the small hamlet of Bin Jawwad amid the crash of thunder of rockets and artillery shells like wisps of smoke erupted from the city. The constant drum heavy machine gun fire and pop of small arms could be heard above the din.
"There are not many of us in Bin Jawwad now," said Faisal Ali, 20 rebels who had withdrawn from the city. "If (Gaddafi) has enough firepower and forces using tanks, it will surely resume Bin Jawwad, he added, noting that the special forces of the rebels, one of their few trained units, n ' had not yet withdrawn.