ZAWIYAH, Libya – Rebels to the west and east of Libya’s capital fought forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of oil facilities vital to winning the six-month-old civil war. The United States also deployed two more Predator drones for surveillance operations over Libya, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday, as Gaddafi’s forces faced unprecedented pressure. The drones arrived earlier this week, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear how many U.S. drones were currently deployed on the NATO mission. In Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, rebels assaulted a coastal oil refinery to try to drive the last Gaddafi forces…
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