Rebels Taking Control of Libyan Capital

Libyan rebels reached the Libyan capital Tripoli and took control of about 80% of the capital city by fighting the army of Muammar Gaddafi. More than 500 fighters died and about 3,500 injured in onesingle day. Libyan rebels are sending more fighters and weaponry to Tripoli by sea from their coastal enclave of Misurata, about 125 miles to the east. Several ships arrived in capital Tripoli from Misurata, with a large number of fighters and ammunition on board.

A young girl holding a gun is perched on shoulders above tens of thousands of Libyans who are celebrating the arrest of Gaddafi’s son Saif al-islam and the partial fall of Tripoli.

Libyans react to the rebels’ success outside the Libyan Embassy in London

Libyan rebel fighters from Tripoli brigade deface and point their guns at a portrait of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Libyan rebel fighters celebrate at the former female military base in Tripoli, Libya

Young men, many waving the red, black and green flag of anti-regime forces, were dancing and chanting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest). Some men periodically fired rifles into the air.