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Libyan Regime Collapses; Rebels Enter Tripoli; Qaddafi Sons Reported Captured

Posted on | August 22, 2011 | 2 Comments

Looks like Moammar Qaddafi’s dictatorship has finally been vanquished:

TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s grip on power dissolved with astonishing speed on Monday as rebels marched into the capital and arrested two of his sons, while residents raucously celebrated the prospective end of his four-decade-old rule. . . .
The rebel leadership announced that the elite presidential guard protecting the Libyan leader had surrendered and that their forces controlled many parts of the city, but not Colonel Qaddafi’s leadership compound.

That’s from the New York Times. From the Washington Post:

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s four-decade-long rule over the country was crumbling at breakneck speed as hundreds of rebel fighters swept into Tripoli and took control Monday of the symbolically significant Green Square in the heart of the city.
With rebel leaders saying late Sunday that Gad­dafi’s compound was surrounded, that his son Saif al-Islam had been captured and that his presidential guard had surrendered, the six-month-old battle for control of Libya appeared to be hurtling toward a dramatic finale. . . .
With communications to the capital sporadic, some rebel claims could not be confirmed, and some experts cautioned that a tough urban battle may yet lie ahead between the lightly armed and untrained rebels and the elite government forces kept in reserve for the defense of the capital.
But reporters traveling with rebel forces said Gaddafi’s defenses were melting away faster than had been expected. There were reports of entire units fleeing as rebels entered the capital from the south, east and west, and his supporters inside the city tearing off their uniforms, throwing down their weapons and attempting to blend into the population.

Video from the Associated Press:

Via Memeorandum, additional blog coverage from Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, and The Lonely Conservative.

Category: Libya, Military

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2 Responses to “Libyan Regime Collapses; Rebels Enter Tripoli; Qaddafi Sons Reported Captured”

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