Libyan Rebels Stream Into Tripoli

24 août 2011

An explosion is seen near Muammar Gadhafi's main compound in the Bab al-Aziziya district in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Fresh fighting erupted in Tripoli on Tuesday hours after Moammar Gadhafi's son turned up free to thwart Libyan rebel claims

Rebel fighters observe the fighting near the main Moammar Gadhafi compound in Bab Al-Aziziya district in Tripoli, LIbya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, where some of the heaviest fighting took place. The compound, which has been heavily damaged by NATO airstrike

Rebels and their supporters celebrate around the iconic statue of a golden fist crushing a US military bomber outside Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's heavily damaged Bab al-Azizya compound in the centre of Tripoli on August 24, 2011

Smoke rises above downtown Tripoli following fighting at Bab Al-Aziziya compound August 23, 2011

Rebel fighters seen inside the main Moammar Gadhafi compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya. A defiant Gadhafi vowed Wednesday to fight on "until victory or martyrdom," as rebel fighters tried to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervo

Rebel fighters gesture as they stamp on a part of a statue of Moammar Gadhafi inside the main compound in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya,

Fireworks explode as people gather near the courthouse in Benghazi to celebrate the entry of rebel fighters into Tripoli. Jubilant rebel fighters streamed into the heart of Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to ce

Fireworks explode as people gather near the courthouse in Benghazi on Aug. 22, 2011 to celebrate the takeover of Tripoli by rebel fighters. (Reuters)

People in Tajura, a suburb of Tripoli, celebrating in the early morning on August 22, 2011 after Libyan rebels surged into Tripoli in a final drive to oust leader Moamer Kadhafi, seizing swathes of the capital including the symbolic Green Square and arres

Libyan rebel fighters embrace at the former female military base in Tripoli, Libya. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-ye

Libyan rebel fighters from Tripoli brigade deface a portrait of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, Libya, August 22, 2011(AP)

Libyan rebel fighters celebrate as they drive through Tripoli's Qarqarsh district . Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hai

Rebel fighters speed towards the frontllne fighting in the village of Mayah, some 30 kilometers west from Tripoli, Libya, Aug. 21, 2011. (Sergey Ponomarev/AP)

In this image from television, people celebrate in the streets of Tripoli, Libya, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP)

People celebrate the capture in Tripoli of Moammar Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. (AP)

People celebrate the recent news of uprising in Tripoli against Moammar Gadhafi's regime in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP)

Tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the arrest of Kadhafi's son Saif al-islam and the partial fall of Tripoli in the hands of the Libyan rebels on August 21, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. (AFP)

Tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the fall of Tripoli to Libyan rebels on Aug. 21, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. (AFP)

Libyans embrace each other as tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the arrest of Qaddafi's son Saif al-islam and the fall of Tripoli to the Libyan rebels on Aug. 21, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. (AFP)

Members of the media mark their flak jackets with TV initials at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Aug. 21, 2011. Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying. (Reuters)