Libya towns fall to rebel as world moves to isolate Gaddafi

Libya towns fall to rebel as world moves to isolate Gaddafi : "Gaddafi loyalists had been evicted from Nalut, 145 miles west of Tripoli. 'The city has been liberated since February 19. It has been run by a revolutionary committee named by the town's communities,' said Shaban Abu Sitta, a local lawyer and member of a revolutionary committee.
'The towns of Rhibat, Kabaw, Jado, Rogban, Zentan, Yefren, Kekla, Gherien and Hawamed have also been free for days. In all these towns, Gaddafi's forces have gone and a revolutionary committee put in place,' he said.
Libyan rebels established a transitional national council to coordinate administration in several cities seized from the Gaddafi regime, and have called on the army to help them take Tripoli, the capital.
The cities now controlled by the opposition include al-Zawiyah, less than 30 miles west of Tripoli, where thousands have taken to the streets to welcome visiting journalists. There was no sign of Libyan security services, who had waged bitter battles with anti-government forces in the town last week, leading to at least 35 deaths.
Abdel Hafiz Ghoqa, a rebel leader in Benghazi, announced that the new national council would be the 'face of Libya in the transitional period.'"