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Originally published: March 16, 2011 6:24 AM
Updated: March 16, 2011 1:17 PM
By The Associated Press  KHALED KAZZIHA (Associated Press), MAGGIE MICHAEL (Associated Press)

Quick ReadMoammar Gadhafi's forces close in on Libyan rebels, who lash out at West for failing to help

Photo credit: AP | EDS NOTE RECROP XJD106 - Following the announcement on Libyan state television that Moammar Gadhafi's forces took the Eastern city of Ajdabiya, Gadhafi supporters celebrate on Green Square in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday March 15, 2011. Government forces struck the rebellion's heartland with airstrikes, missiles and artillery on Tuesday, trying for the first time to take back a city that serves as a crucial gateway for the band of fighters who threatened his four-decade hold on power. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

(AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi's forces closed in on Libyan rebels in the east and shelled holdouts in the last western opposition stronghold Wednesday as the rebels voiced anger and frustration at the West for not coming to their aid.

Charred vehicles and bullet-riddled pickup trucks were piled on the side of the road leading from the strategic eastern cities of Brega to Ajdabiya and an Associated...

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