Libya's ramshackle rebel army pushed west on Sunday to retake a
series of towns from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi as they
pulled back under pressure from Western air strikes.  Emboldened
by the capture of the strategic town of Ajdabiyah with the help
of foreign warplanes on Saturday, the rebels have within two
days dramatically reversed military losses in their five-week
insurgency and regained control of all the main oil terminals in
eastern Libya, as far as the town of Bin Jawad.  Rebels said
they now had their sights on the coastal town of Sirte,
Gaddafi's hometown and an important military base about 150 km
further along the coastal road.  A Reuters reporter in Sirte
heard four blasts on Sunday night. It was unclear if they were
in the town or its outskirts.  The reporter also saw a convoy of
20 military vehicles including truck-mounted anti-aircraft guns
leaving Sirte and moving westwards toward Tripoli, along with
dozens of civilian cars carrying families and stuffed with
personal belongings.  "We want