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http://news.yahoo.com/libya-rebels-tripoli-gadhafi-defenses-collapse-224430097.html


TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the regime.

Gadhafi's whereabouts were unknown, though state TV broadcast his bitter pleas for Libyans to defend his regime. Opposition fighters captured his son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, who along with his father faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. Another son was in contact with rebels about surrendering, the opposition said.

"It's over, frizz-head," chanted hundreds of jubilant men and women massed in Green Square, using a mocking nickname of the curly-haired Gadhafi. The revelers fired shots in the air, clapped and waved the rebels' tricolor flag. Some set fire to the green flag of Gadhafi's regime and shot holes in a poster with the leader's image.

By the early hours of Monday, rebels controlled large parts of the capital. They set up checkpoints alongside residents — many of them secretly armed by rebel smugglers in recent weeks. But pockets of pro-Gadhafi fighters remained: In one area, Associated Press reporters with the rebels were stopped and told to take a different route because of regime snipers nearby.

"We were waiting for the signal and it happened," said Nour Eddin Shatouni, a 50-year-old engineer who was among the residents who flowed out of their homes to join the celebrations. "All mosques chanted 'God is great' all at once. We smelled a good scent, it is the smell of victory. We know it is the time."

The seizure of Green Square held profound symbolic value and marked a stunning turn in the tide of the 6-month-old Libyan civil war. The regime has held pro-Gadhafi rallies there nearly every night since the revolt began in February, and Gadhafi delivered speeches to his loyalists from the historic Red Fort that overlooks the square.

The sweep into the capital came after the rebel fighters advanced 20 miles from the west in a matter of hours. They took town after town and overwhelmed a major military base meant to defend Tripoli, 16 miles from the city. All the way, they met little resistance and residents poured out on the streets to welcome them.

In a series of angry and defiant audio messages broadcast on state television, Gadhafi called on his supporters to march in the streets of the capital and "purify it" of "the rats." He was not shown in the messages.

His defiance raised the possibility of a last-ditch fight over the capital, home to 2 million people. Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim claimed the regime has "thousands and thousands of fighters" and vowed: "We will fight. We have whole cities on our sides. They are coming en masse to protect Tripoli to join the fight."

But it appeared that Gadhafi's military was abandoning him quickly.

The rebels' way into Tripoli was opened when the military unit in charge of protecting Gadhafi and the capital surrendered, ordering his troops to drop their weapons, the rebel information minister Mahmoud Shammam said.

In a sign of the coordination among rebels, as the main force moved into the city from the west, a second force of 200 opposition fighters from the city of Misrata further east landed by boat in the capital. They brought weapons and ammunition for Tripoli residents who join the rebellion, said Munir Ramzi of the rebels' military council in Misrata.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Gadhafi's regime was "clearly crumbling" and that the time to create a new democratic Libya has arrived.

The sooner Gadhafi "realizes that he cannot win the battle against his own people, the better," he said in a statement, adding that NATO will continue to strike his troops if they make "any threatening moves toward the Libyan people."

The app is okay,but most people there re idiots

i did, year 2000

frosbel:
Ramadan is a waste of time, the pagan god for whom it is conducted is not worthy of any consideration or praise.

Fasting, washing hands and feet, praying 5 times a day, throwing stones at a black stone in Mecca, sacrificing rams and goats, killing the infidel, praying with beads ( just like the catholic rosary ), etc etc is all works based dead religion.

What I have noticed is that people tend to flock more to religions that do not address the main problem that humanity faces which is the SIN problem.

No happy Ramadan for me, my prayer is that the eyes of the blind will be opened and turned from darkness to light.

I pray Almighty Allah forgive u your sins

Its funny how people think.if the Norway guy isnt a terrorist,who then is a terrorist?PLS WHAT MAKES ONE A TERRORIST?

Teeth.i was referring to the Press, and the US Government

If the person who killed 90+ people in Norway was a Muslim, the Press would have declared him as terrorist and the act as terrorism. For now, he is just an "Assailant", "Attacker" (Reuters), "Gunman" (BBC, CNN & Al Jazeera). Looks like "Terrorist" is a name reserved for Muslims. The US Dept of State calls it an "Act of violence" (not an "Act of Terrorism" ).

we go need witches and wizard bank too

PLS STOP SAYING NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.AS AT NOW ITS NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE 24HOURS ELECTRICITY IN 9IJA,, pls its not possible to have a 4.99CGPA.how was it calculated?how many course did he offered.did he have A's in all his courses?who re his teachers?cos i dont think they ve lecturers there.make the guy come O.A.U i beg.i bet there is no Prof or Dr is that school.

What will they do when they come?like they eradicate terrorism is other countries?we will only add to our problems.what makes u think the indigenes will cooperate with the JEWS?or will they understand our language and roads more than us?the only people that can solve the BH issue is the Nigeria Government,not some thieves interested in our money.
Point of correction,the Arabs are n were never scared of the Jews.not now not ever.

@poster how much she pay you?

its no crime to be Ugly,

i beg YASH her jare

she doesnt like you for who you are.FREE HER

@ Violet. Libya has a written constitution,everything isnt decided by Gadaffi.get ur facts right.he did nothin wrong attackin the rebels in his nation.
So if the MEND starts attackin government n the military responds,the so called west will come?
LIBYA IS ATTACKED COS ITS A MUSLIM NATION N SHE HAS LOTS OF OIL.

U guys are not getting one thing right.GADAFFI attacked REBELS.rebels are not innocent under any constitution.

It amaze me the level of ignorance in this nation we call Nigeria.some people keeps shouting Gadaffi kills innocents in Libya,fyi no REBEL is innocent in any constitution.those he attacked re rebels fighting against his government.again some said he has been rulin for 43years,yeah sure he has been ruling for 43years,can anyone compare the level of development in libya to nigeria.no we re very far behind them.just in case u dont know electricity was brought to nigeria the same year it was brought to France,but where nigeria dey now?
Why cant the AU take action instead of the thieves,i'm seeing IRAQ all over again.( is Iraq safe n free now?)
soon they will attack Nigeria,they might say Osama is hiding in Abuja or even Lagos.what will you do then

May God help us all

[size=8pt][size=8pt]BUHARI ALL THE WAY[/size][/size]

worst ever is intercontinental,always stealing my money

I really dont know why we are all arguing.this is very simple. To Gej supporters since ur guy became the president,what has he done 4 the growth n development of this Nation? For the past 12years this PDP thieves have been stealing our money,see its time for change,lets stop deceiving ourselves.GEJ doesnt have the brain to lead our forward

THIS IS SAD

i wonder what are Security service are doing

you learn to trust but its one of the hardest thing to do

sulad82i:
they are hibernating LOL

please wake them up

puskin:

Wat in the hell did U smoke b4 putting up dat song as one of the worst in the year.

sure, just finished smoking what u gave me

where them Chelsea thugs?

[size=8pt]UP CHELSEA[/size]

FIMILE, KAS


i too hate that song

Ganjafama:
There is the possibility that this could be the handiwork of some politician trying to cause chaos and terror. But why they chose to do it on christmas eve still makes me confused because all fingers are pointing towards religion as the cause. I think there is more to it than religion.

people love to blame anything that happens in the north on religion

u need to check the website very well, how come there is nothing else there other than claiming responsible for the Jos attack, or was the web not online before, and who the hell is JAMA’ATU AHLUS-SUNNAH LIDDA’AWATI WAL JIHAD,?