Gaddafi forces regrouping in Algeria

Col Ahmed Bani,a military spokesman for the government,said the attack on Ghadamis occurred Saturday but they had intelligence that cars filled with weapons had crossed the border. Ghadamis is about 450 km southwest of Tripoli. He said the loyalist forces were believed to belong to a unit that had been under the command of Gaddafis son Khamis,who was reportedly killed in fighting before the revolutionary forces seized Tripoli. Bani said revolutionary forces had repelled the attack but the assailants escaped back across the border. An official from Ghadamis,Ali al-Mana,said fighting was ongoing. He claimed that six people had been killed and 63 wounded.

Gaddafis wife and three of his children,including daughter Aisha,fled to Algeria through Ghadamis after Tripolis fall last month.