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Bani Walid had become a center for fugitives from justice.

But they admitted many hardcore Bani Walid fighters had slipped away during the night.

The already existent ill will between the two tribes increased last year when Bani Walid sided with Gaddafi during the uprising.

The United Nations has expressed concern about the assault on Bani Walid, 105 miles from Tripoli.

For three days, Bani Walid has come under withering Grad rocket barrages.

It is even possible that Assur-bani-pal himself was the sovereign against whom Manasseh rebelled and before whom he was brought.

According to Assur-bani-pal all the western lands were inflamed by the revolt of his brother Samas-sum-ukin.

Assur-bani-pal purified the city and celebrated a "service of reconciliation," but did not venture to "take the hands" of Bel.

Hence the sudden collapse of Assyria when drained of its fighting population in the age of Assur-bani-pal.

Next followed the contest with Elam, in spite of the efforts of Assur-bani-pal to ward it off.