Libya rulers say they seize Gaddafi desert outposts

SIRTE/NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya - Libya's interim rulers said they had captured one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds deep in the Sahara desert, finding a secret stock of chemical weapons, and had largely taken control of another.

Poorly-organised fighters with the National Transitional Council (NTC) were still struggling to make inroads at two other pro-Gaddafi redoubts, and commanders were trying to stop chaotic weapons handling that has already killed several fighters in "friendly fire" incidents.