Libyan revolutionary fighters assaulting main loyalist base in Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte – \"We started the attack at 6 am today. The first group hit the outskirts of Sirte. We were fired on by Gadhafi snipers. We had many soldiers wounded, \"said commander Altaib Aleroebi of the ex-rebels\' West Mountain Brigade, which led the attack on the western front. Revolutionary fighters launched an assault on the convention center in the morning Friday, said Aleroebi, who commanded fighters who led the attack. Backed by rocket and tank fire, they pushed into the city, facing heavy machine gun and sniper fire, he said. The fighters drove loyalists back from a wall near the Ouagadougou Center, he said. Fighting was also going on around a Gadhafi palace complex and Green Square, the public plaza at the center of Sirte, between the convention center and the sea, commanders said.