Gadhafi drives rebels from strategic oil port

Gadhafi drives rebels from strategic oil port

RAS LANOUF, Libya (AP) — Rebel forces beat a retreat from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf today, speeding back to opposition territory by the hundreds as Moammar Gadhafi’s army pounded the town with artillery. The opposition fighters fled eastward in cars and pickup trucks mounted with machine guns. One said government forces were raining rockets or tank shells on the city in what appeared to be preparation for a full-scale advance