Civil war in Libya

An angry but peaceful crowd lines the route to the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya Monday, April 11, 2011. The African Union delegation took its cease-fire proposal to the rebels' eastern stronghold and was met with protests by crowds opposed to any peace until the country's longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi gives up power. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil (R) speaks with one of his aide prior the start of a press conference after meeting with African head of states and Libyan rebel leaders, in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi on April 11, 2011. Libya's rebels reject any mediation which does not include the ouster of strongman Moamer Kadhafi, opposition chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil said after talks with African mediators. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan rebels refuel their vehicles from a fuel truck by the western gate of the recaptured town of Ajdabiya, Libya Monday, April 11, 2011. The Libyan rebel council rejected a cease-fire proposal presented by an African Union delegation because it did not provide for the departure of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his top associates. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Rebel fighters bury dead bodies killed by what the rebels say was a NATO airstrike, at the western gate of Ajdabiyah, on Monday, April 11.

epa02680819 (L-R) Presidents Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania and African Union president Jean Ping outside a tent erected at Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya residence in Tripoli, Libya, on 10 April 2011. Reports state that South African President Jacob Zuma was greeted by pro-Gaddafi supporters in the capital carrying banners reading 'No to Foreign Intervention,' regional broadcaster Al Jazeera reported. Zuma is part of the five-strong AU panel, chaired by Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The AU mediators were expected to meet with members of the embattled Libyan government before traveling to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi waves from a car in the compound of Bab Al Azizia in Tripoli, after a meeting with a delegation of five African leaders seeking to mediate in Libya's conflict, April 10, 2011. Gaddafi, making his first appearance in front of the foreign media in weeks, joined a visiting African Union delegation at his Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli on Sunday. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A cameraman films a pro-Gadhafi forces tank as it burns on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, in Libya Sunday, April 10, 2011. Libyan rebels said NATO airstrikes on Sunday helped them drive Moammar Gadhafi's forces out of the hard-fought eastern city of Ajdabiya that is the gateway to the opposition's stronghold. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Weary rebel fighters rest in the shade of the outside wall of a mosque, which was previously hit, on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya Sunday, April 10, 2011. Libyan government forces shot down two U.S.-built helicopters being used by rebel forces in the east of the country, the deputy foreign minister said early on Sunday. The report could not be confirmed with the rebels, but journalists in the area did describe seeing at least one helicopter apparently fighting for the rebels in the area Saturday, though it lacked the distinctive double rotor design of Chinook and appeared to be a Russian built model. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

AJDABIYAH, LIBYA - APRIL 10: A rebel fighter closes the eyes of a comrade in the Ajdabiyah morgue after he was killed during clashes with government troops April 10, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. NATO aircraft hit the Libyan government trucks during an attack on rebels holding the strategic town of Ajdabiyah April 10, leaving behind the burned remains vehicles and at least 15 government troops. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Libyan medics stand by a window to look at rebel fighters driving into the compound of a hospital in Ajdabiya on April 10, 2011 as the frontline town was once again controlled by rebels after fierce fighting against government troops. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

A wounded prisoner from Gadhafi's forces is transported in the back of a pickup truck by rebels, to take him to a hospital for treatment, half way between Brega and Ajdabiya, in Libya Saturday, April 9, 2011. Rebels say they took two prisoners after a clash Saturday with soldiers near Brega's university outside the government-controlled oil facilities, marking a noticeable advance by rebels struggling to push back Moammar Gadhafi's forces. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR Supporters of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi chant slogans during a protest in Tomina, southeast of the city of Misrata, 200 km (124 miles) east of the capital Tripoli April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

The \"Shahat\" boat carrying people fleeing from the western Libyan city of Misrata, arrives at the port in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, April 9, 2011. The British military said its warplanes hit seven tanks around Ajdabiya and the rebel-held city of Misrata in western Libya on Friday as part of the NATO-led mission. (AP Photo)

A combination photo of still images taken from an undated video shows a Libyan tank being destroyed by a missile fired by a NATO Tornado fighter jet in Libya. NATO issued the video of an air strike on April 8, 2011, which it said showed one of its Tornado fighter jets attacking and destroying a tank being used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi to spearhead an assault on the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata. REUTERS/NATO TV via Reuters TV (LIBYA - Tags: CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

AJDABIYAH, LIBYA - APRIL 08: Libyan rebels pray while a comrade stands with a rocket propelled grenade launcher on the western edge of Ajdabiyah April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. Rebels skirmished with Libyan loyalist troops April 8, taking close mortar fire at strategic Ajdabiyah's western edge even as they tried to stop advances by the troops loyal to longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

AJDABIYAH, LIBYA - APRIL 08: Libyan rebels scatter as mortars fired by Libyan army troops crash down nearby April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. Rebels skirmished with Libyan loyalist troops April 8, taking close mortar fire at strategic Ajdabiyah's western edge even as they tried to stop advances by the troops loyal to longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

A Libyan rebel fighter (R) mourns over a fallen comrade whose body lies in the back of their fighting vehicle as they arrive at a mortuary in Ajdabiya on April 7, 2011. An alleged NATO air strike on a military tank near the eastern town of Brega killed two rebels and wounded 10, witnesses and AFP correspondents said. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

BREGA, LIBYA - APRIL 6: Anti-government militants dance as they condemn Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi along a road linking Ajdabiyah and Brega, on April 6, 2011in eastern Libya. The anti-government fighters claimed on Wednesday that they may have taken control of Brega.(Photo by XINHUA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images )

A Libyan boy holding Libya's former national flag, now used by rebels fighting forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi, looks at a wall bearing pictures of citizens killed or gone missing in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi on April 6, 2011. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan rebels run for cover from artillery shells fired by forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi outside the eastern oil town of Brega, the frontline in a war in which neither side has been able to make any significant advances for days, on April 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

Head of the rebel forces Abdel Fattah Younes gestures during a news conference in Benghazi April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Tuesday criticised NATO as too slow to act and said they would ask the U.N. Security Council to suspend its mission unless it \"did its job properly\". Younes said NATO's inaction was allowing Gaddafi's forces to advance and letting them kill the people of the rebel-held city of Misrata \"every day\". REUTERS/Esam al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT)

Libyan rebels fighting forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi load artillery into a helicopter machinegun mounted on a pick-up truck outside the eastern oil town of Brega, the frontline in a war in which neither side has been able to make any significant advances for days, on April 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/ODD ANDERSON (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

An unidentified target burns in the background as a Libyan rebels fighting forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi gather outside the eastern oil town of Brega, the frontline in a war in which neither side has been able to make any significant advances for days, on April 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

epa02671380 A Libyan man checks documents left lying around at a torched police station in the city of Zawiyah following days of clashes between anti Gaddafi rebels and those loyal to Gaddafi, 50 km west of the capital Tripoli, Libya, 05 April 2011. NATO claimed 05 April that 30 per cent of the forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had been taken out in over two weeks of international airstrikes, but warned that his troops were using human shields against further attacks. Air raids on Libya started on March 19 after the United Nations Security Council authorized military action to protect civilians. EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR

Libyan rebels inspect two destroyed military vehicles of pro-Gadhafi forces that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega, Libya Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libya's rebel forces are looking more effective on the front and even scrapping back some of the territory lost to Moammar Gadhafi's army, but the rag tag fighters are still a long way from being able to march to Tripoli. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

New recruits queue to receive food during a break at a rebel forces training camp in Benghazi, Libya Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Despite being supplemented by captured heavy weapons and backed by western airstrikes from some of the world's finest air forces, Libya's rebels are still a long way from overpowering the better trained and equipped forces of Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)