epa02964505 Libyan rebels carry the body of a comrade who was killed by pro-Gaddafi fighters during the battle to liberate the city of Sirte, Libya, 13 October 2011. ccording to media sources, Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox said on 13 October that the fall of the pro-Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte in Libya is imminent. Speaking after a meeting of Britain’s National Security Council, Fox said he believed that an imminent conclusion to the battle for Sirte would bring an end to the wider conflict in Libya. Sirte and Bani Walid are the two last bastions where fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists are still fighting the country’s new rulers. EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA