Libyan rebels captured Moammar Gadhafi's second-oldest son, and another son surrendered Sunday after the rebels stormed Tripoli, sparking massive celebrations in the Libyan capital. Tripoli was rife with rumors of Col. Gadhafi's fate. There was speculation that the Libyan dictator had been shot, captured or escaped to Algeria.
CAIRO - Deep cracks opened up in Moammar Gadhafi's regime after more than 40 years in power, with diplomats abroad and the justice minister at home resigning, air force pilots defecting and a fire raging at the main government hall after clashes in the capital Tripoli. Protesters called for another night of defiance in Tripoli's main square despite the government's heavy crackdown.
Libyan rebels breached Col. Moammar Gadhafi's fortified military compound in Tripoli after a fierce firefight Tuesday evening but found no sign of the dictator or his family. We are in! This is the end of the regime," Mohamed, a rebel spokesman who gave only his first name, told The Washington Times.
TRIPOLI, Libya - In the early morning, rebels man checkpoints on streets where, a day earlier, they battled government forces. They clearly remain excited over seizing most of this capital from Col. Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's brutal, mercurial dictator of four decades.
NATO rained scores of bombs on the Libyan capital in a rare daytime assault throughout Tuesday, but Moammar Gadhafi responded swiftly with a vow that his people would never surrender. Huge explosions rattled windows and nerves across Tripoli during a bombardment that lasted from late morning to early evening. Jets buzzed overhead, and plumes of dark gray smoke billowed into the sky. The Libyan government said 60 bombs fell on the city, killing 29 people. Reporters in Tripoli counted about 35 explosions.
TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, targeting the last stronghold of embattled dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The fighting erupted just hours after opposition fighters captured the key city of Zawiya nearby and circled the capital on the west, east and south, with NATO ships off the northern coast.
TRIPOLI -- People weren't the only victims of the battle for Libya's capital. As rebels fought Moammar Gadhafi's forces in late August, rounds from anti-aircraft guns, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons struck the Tripoli Zoo, terrorizing its animals and damaging its buildings.
Diamond Bar grocers Mohamed and Mahmud Gibani are praying nervously for the safety of their brother, whom they say was detained last week near an anti-government protest in Tripoli. Libyan security forces on Feb. 19 detained Gibani Gibani, a Libyan-American citizen who moved back to Libya three years ago, while he was running an errand at a Tripoli courthouse, according to relatives.
TRIPOLI, Libya - The chief of Libya's former rebels arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show he's taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi. But even as Libya's new leaders tried to consolidate control over the vast country, Gadhafi loyalists pushed back hard against an assault on the town of Bani Walid, one of Gadhafi's remaining strongholds, in a sign that the battle is far from over.
CAIRO - European Union foreign ministers Monday condemned Libya's violent treatment of anti-government protesters and repression by the government of Moammar Gadhafi. The 27 EU foreign ministers, in a statement following their regular monthly meeting, reportedly said the Council of Foreign Ministers "condemns the ongoing repression against demonstrators in Libya and deplores the violence and death of civilians.
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