1,000 opposition fighters surrounded an apartment block near Gaddafi’s former headquarters in the Libyan capital, where they exchanged fire with loyalists following unconfirmed reports that the despot was inside with some of his sons.
It also emerged that the rebels might have been only hours away from catching Gaddafi at another address in Tripoli where he is believed to have spent the night.
Gaddafi made yet another television broadcast to urge his remaining supporters to “purify” the capital of “rats”, while his spokesman taunted his enemies by saying the 69-year-old was safe, healthy and “leading the battle for our freedom”.
The first members of the de facto government, the National Transitional Council (NTC), arrived in Tripoli yesterday to begin setting up the institutions that will bring democracy to Libya.
But a large area of the capital remained a war zone as loyalist soldiers continued to put up stubborn resistance in a guerrilla battle that could go on for “weeks”, according to William Hague, the Foreign Secretary.
0 comments:
Post a Comment