Conflict in Libya, August

TRIPOLI, LIBYA - AUGUST 29: People look over the crater left by a NATO airstrike, some time ago, on a building at the Khamis Brigade HQ on August 29, 2011 in Tripoli, Libya. Whilst the rebels to seem to be in control of the capital, life is difficult for most. The majority of the city is without running water and electricity. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Libyans wait to fill their cans with looted fuel in a gas station in the suburbs close to the airport in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Libyan rebel leaders asked NATO on Monday to keep up pressure on elements of Moammar Gadhafi's regime and to protect those struggling to restore electricity and water to the battle-scarred capital of Tripoli. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Pro-Gadhafi soldiers rest in a school converted into a prison in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Relatives and friends react as a ferry from Tripoli carrying former Kadhafi notorius prison Abu Sleem political prisoners docks at the Benghazi main harbour on August 28, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. More than 10,000 prisoners held by the regime of Moamer Kadhafi have been released since the rebels captured Tripoli, but nearly 50,000 are still missing, a rebel military spokesman said Sunday August 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

A Libyan rebel lies on the bed in Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's \"Afriqiyah One\" Airbus A340 plane at Tripoli airport on August 29, 2011. Libyan rebels said that strongman Moamer Kadhafi still poses a danger for Libya and the world, as insurgents closed in on his hometown Sirte a week after overrunning his capital Tripoli. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

epa02887017 A Libyan rebel fighter is seen inside the house of Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli, Libya, on 28 August 2011. Normal life began returning to the Libyan capital Tripoli - almost a week after rebels swept into the city. Fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts are still unknown. Tripoli was suffering a shortage of water supplies and frequent electricity outages, whilst the capitals hospitals reported a severe shortage of medical supplies. EPA/CIRO FUSCO

A Libyan rebel fighter shows photographs of Muammar Gaddafi with his wife Safiya Farkache, found at their beach house in Tripoli, August 28, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)

epa02887016 Libyan rebel fighters are seen inside the house of Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli, Libya, on 28 August 2011. Normal life began returning to the Libyan capital Tripoli - almost a week after rebels swept into the city. Fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts are still unknown. Tripoli was suffering a shortage of water supplies and frequent electricity outages, whilst the capitals hospitals reported a severe shortage of medical supplies. EPA/CIRO FUSCO

epa02887014 A Libyan rebel fighter is seen inside the house of Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli, Libya, on 28 August 2011. Normal life began returning to the Libyan capital Tripoli - almost a week after rebels swept into the city. Fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts are still unknown. Tripoli was suffering a shortage of water supplies and frequent electricity outages, whilst the capitals hospitals reported a severe shortage of medical supplies. EPA/CIRO FUSCO

Libyan rebel fighters take position during the attack on a building to find a Gadhafi loyalist sniper in Salah Edine district of Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Libyan girls look through a shattered glass door at Aisha Gaddafi's house in Bin Ashour in Tripoli August 26, 2011. Aisha Gaddafi is the daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (LIBYA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS)

Framed pictures are seen inside the house of Aisha, the daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Libyans attend Friday prayers near the court house in Benghazi August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT RELIGION)

A golf buggy belonging to Muammar Gaddafi is seen at a tunnel in the ransacked Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, August 26, 2011. Libyan rebels said they were sending in special forces units in their hunt for fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi, whose supporters are now pinned down in pockets of resistance in the capital, Tripoli. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT)

A Libyan worker loads smoke-damaged mannequins from a burnt out clothes shop, into a truck after the intense battle in Abu Salim district, in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, where rebels had battled Gadhafi's fighters holed up in residential buildings for most of the previous day. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

A Libyan walks inside the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, LIbya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, one Libya's most notorious prisons and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Libyan rebels remove the green flags from poles at the Abu Salim square in Tripoli on August 26, 2011, as the opposition forces announced the transfer of their leadership to the capital, boosted by a UN decision to free up millions of dollars in aid money and despite not having captured strongman Moamer Kadhafi. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A rebel fighter slaps a wounded man accused of being a mercenary fighting for Muammar Gaddafi outside a fire station in Tripoli August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

TRIPOLI, LIBYA - AUGUST 25: A Libyan Rebel fighter sits at a check point on August 25, 2011 in Tripoli, Libya. Heavy fighting continues in the Libyan capital between Gaddafi's forces and the surging rebel presence. The Rebels, who have issued a $1.7m reward for Gaddafi's capture \"dead or alive\", are attempting to reach Colonel Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte but have met loyalist resistance. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

epa02881385 Ali al-Tarhuni (C), who is responsible for finance and oil in the Libyan rebels' Transitional National Council gives a press conference in Tripoli, Libya, 25 August 2011. According to media sources, the Libyan rebels' Transitional National Council has moved its headquarters from their stronghold in Benghazi to the capital Tripoli. Half of the council's members have already moved to Tripoli where rebels began work to re-establish security and provide basic services for residents. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

TRIPOLI, LIBYA - AUGUST 25: A rebel pretends to drive a jet ski found inside the compound of Saadi Gadhafi's seaside palace on August 25, 2011 in Tripoli, Libya. Heavy fighting continues in the Libyan capital between Gaddafi's forces and the surging rebel presence. The Rebels, who have issued a $1.7m reward for Gaddafi's capture \"dead or alive\", are attempting to reach Colonel Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte but have met loyalist resistance. (Photo by Alfred de Montesquiou/Getty Images)

A boy looks at photos of Libya's civil war stuck on the bonnet of a car in Tahrir Square in Benghazi August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA

Libyan rebel, left, handcuffs captured Moammar Gadhafi's loyalists, in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. An intense battle has erupted between about 1,000 rebels surrounding two buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Libyan rebel fighters stand guard over detainees during a fight for the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Salim district in Tripoli August 25, 2011. Libyan rebels stormed Tripoli's Abu Salim district, one of the main holdouts of forces loyal to Gaddafi in the capital, after NATO air strikes on a building in the area on Thursday. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Libyan rebel fighter fires his heavy machine gun during a fight for the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Salim district in Tripoli August 25, 2011. Libyan rebels stormed Tripoli's Abu Salim district, one of the main holdouts of forces loyal to Gaddafi in the capital, after NATO air strikes on a building in the area on Thursday. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

Rebel fighters and a television cameraman take shelter as an intense gun battle erupted outside the Corinthia hotel, where many foreign journalists are staying, in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2 million dollar bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination. Speaking to a local television channel Wednesday, apparently by phone, Gadhafi vowed from hiding to fight on \"until victory or martyrdom.\" (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Libyan rebels seize boxes of ammunition hidden underground by Kadhafi's forces in the al-Maser forest in southern Tripoli on August 25, 2011. Hardened fighters streamed into Tripoli as Libya's rebels sought to deliver a knockout punch to Moamer Kadhafi's diehards and to flush out the elusive strongman, dead or alive. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

A Libyan rebel inspects a tunnel at the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli on August 25, 2011. Hardened fighters streamed into Tripoli as Libya's rebels sought to deliver a knockout punch to Moamer Kadhafi's diehards and, backed by NATO, to flush out the elusive strongman. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A rebel fighter enters a bunker of the main Moammar Gadhafi compound in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2 million dollar bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination. Speaking to a local television channel Wednesday, apparently by phone, Gadhafi vowed from hiding to fight on \"until victory or martyrdom.\" (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY Bodies are seen on a street at a military encampment in Tripoli August 25, 2011. More than 30 men believed to be fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have been killed at the military encampment in central Tripoli and at least two were bound with plastic handcuffs, indicating they had been executed. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT

REFILE - ADDITIONAL CAPTION INFORMATION A cameraman works near a destroyed Afriqiyah Airways aircraft at the Tripoli Airport August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

A rebel fighter comforts his comrade who was shot by a sniper in the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Slim area in Tripoli August 25, 2011.REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Libyan rebel fighter kicks down a door during a house search for snipers in the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Slim area in Tripoli August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

Young rebels show many albums of former State Secretary Condoleeza Rice, who obviously was a lot on colonel Gaddafi's mind, found in colonel Gaddafi's residence 'Bab Al Aziziya', on August 24, 2011, in Tripoli, Libya. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAUSA.COM

Rebel fighters seen inside the house of Aisha Gadhafi the daughter of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, LIbya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed Wednesday to fight on \"until victory or martyrdom,\" as rebel fighters tried to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervous capital. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters search in the house of Aisha Gadhafi the daughter of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, LIbya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters and civillians seen inside the house of Aisha Gadhafi the daughter of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, LIbya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed Wednesday to fight on \"until victory or martyrdom,\" as rebel fighters tried to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervous capital. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A Libyan rebel fighter fires his machine gun as they make a final push to flush out pro-Gaddafi forces from the Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 24, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Rebel fighters seen inside Moammar Gadhafi's main compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, LIbya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed Wednesday to fight on \"until victory or martyrdom,\" as rebel fighters tried to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervous capital. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

REFILE - CORRECTING TYPO Dead bodies lie just outside the south gate of Bab al Aziziya compound as rebels make a final push to flush out pro-Gaddafi forces from the Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 24, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Libyans holding a huge flag celebrate overrunning the main Maammar Gadhafi's compound Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, early Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Gadhafi's compound Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed loyalist troops, looted armories and knocked the head off a statue of the besieged dictator. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Salem Hasam Ali, 62, a shop owner, cries while singing the pre-Gadhafi Libia's national anthem at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, late Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Moammar Gadhafi's compound Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed loyalist troops, looted armories and knocked the head off a statue of the besieged dictator. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Aug. 23, 2011 - Tripoli, Libya - An armed rebel fighter kicks a soccer ball near Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound as its engulfed in flames. Libyan rebels captured the palace after days of fighting for control of Tripoli. (Credit Image: © Maxppp/ZUMAPRESS.com)

Rebel fighters trample on a head of Moammar Gadhafi inside the main compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, LIbya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Libyan rebels stormed Moammar Gadhafi's main military compound in Tripoli Tuesday after fierce fighting with forces loyal to his regime that rocked the capital as the longtime leader refused to surrender despite the stunning advances by opposition forces. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A rebel celebrates while wearing a hat, necklace and scepter thought to be taken from Col. Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound, in Tripoli, Libya, Aug. 23, 2011.

Libyan rebel fighters pray at the enterance of Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A rebel fighter gestrures as he stands on the monument inside the main compound of Moammar Gadhafi in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli, LIbya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.Libyan rebels stormed Moammar Gadhafi's main military compound in Tripoli Tuesday after fierce fighting with forces loyal to his regime that rocked the capital as the longtime leader refused to surrender despite the stunning advances by opposition forces. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters stomp on the head of a Moammar Gadhafi statue inside his compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Gadhafi's compound Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed loyalist troops, looted armories and knocked the head off a statue of the besieged dictator. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Smoke rises above downtown Tripoli following fighting at Bab Al-Aziziya compound August 23, 2011. Libyan rebel forces have breached the first gate of Muammar Gaddafi's fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, Arab news channel Al Arabiya reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

epa02878489 Vehicles wait at the Libyan-Tunisian border in Dahibah, Tunisia, 23 August 2011. Reports state that The Tunisian border has been crossed by hundreds of Libyans seeking refuge from the spiraling violence over the past month. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

Libyan rebel fighters carry an injured comrade near the gate of Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT)

A Libyan rebel fighter fires from the back of his vehicle towards Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

A rebel righter escorts suspected pro-Gadhafi soldiers after they were captured in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Rebels say they control most of Tripoli, but they faced pockets of fierce resistance from regime loyalists firing mortars and anti-aircraft guns. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Libyan rebel fighters celebrate near a golf cart belonging to Muammar Gadhafi at the entrance of the Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli on Tuesday, August 23.

Rebel fighters raise their weapons as they walk through Tripoli, on August 23, 2011. Libyan rebels declared the Kadhafi era over after storming Tripoli, but one of the veteran strongman's sons insisted the battle was far from done as he defiantly refuted reports of his arrest. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

An explosion is seen near Muammar Gadhafi's main compound in the Bab al-Aziziya district in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Fresh fighting erupted in Tripoli on Tuesday hours after Moammar Gadhafi's son turned up free to thwart Libyan rebel claims he had been captured, a move that seems to have energized forces still loyal to the embattled regime. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters speak to a suspected pro-Gadhafi soldier after he was captured in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Rebels say they control most of Tripoli, but they faced pockets of fierce resistance from regime loyalists firing mortars and anti-aircraft guns. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (portrait), is surrounded by supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in the capital Tripoli in the early hours of August 23, 2011. Seif al-Islam, wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and who ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo earlier said had been arrested by the rebels, claimed the insurgents had suffered \"heavy casualties\" when they stormed Kadhafi's Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli. AFP PHOTO/IMED LAMLOUM (Photo credit should read IMED LAMLOUM/AFP/Getty Images)

Supporters of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gather outside the Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Libyan woman walks with kids through vendors kiosks at Freedom square on August 22, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Tripoli residents spent Monday jubilant yet fearful, asking for weapons to join rebels in their cat-and-mouse war with loyalists who have besieged the city with snipers and drive-by shootings. The capital's battle-scarred streets were all but empty, the day after rebels made a lightning advance on the capital to drive out defiant leader Moamer Kadhafi.AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan people celebrate near a court house in Benghazi August 22, 2011, as rebels fought their way into Tripoli. Rebels say they are now in control of most of Tripoli, a sprawling coastal city of two million people on the Mediterranean Sea, but it was not clear whether Gaddafi was still in the Libyan capital. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

An armured vehicle speeds on the outskirts of Tripoli, as huge smoke rises over the downtown, late Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime. Scattered battles erupted, and the mercurial leader's whereabouts remained unknown. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Libyan rebel fighters embrace at the former female military base in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime, but scattered battles erupted and the mercurial leader's whereabouts remained unknown. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A Libyan rebel fighter takes up fighting position during an attack by pro-Gaddafi forces after rebels seized a Gaddafi army women's officer training center in Tripoli August 22, 2011. Ongoing fighting with snipers and other pro-Gaddafi forces has prevented the rebels from gaining control of the Green Square in the center of the city. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)

Libyan children sit on a tank while waving Kingdom of Libya flags near the court house in Benghazi August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)

Libyan rebel fighters seen diuring fighting in downtown Tripoli, LIbya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. World leaders said Monday the end is near for Moammar Gadhafi's regime and began planning for Libya's future without the man who has held power there for 42 years. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Libyan rebel fighters shoot towards pro-Gadhafi forces during fighting in downtown Tripoli, LIbya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime. Scattered battles erupted, and the mercurial leader's whereabouts remained unknown. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Libyan rebel fighters celebrate as they drive through Tripoli's Qarqarsh district August 22, 2011. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Khamis is leading a military force towards central Tripoli, Al Arabiya TV said on Tuesday, citing rebel sources. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)

Libyan rebel fighters from Tripoli brigade deface a portrait of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime, but scattered battles erupted and the mercurial leader's whereabouts remained unknown.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A man argues with a Libyan rebel fighter (R) after rebels tried to detain one of his workmen (L) near a checkpoint in Tripoli's Qarqarsh district August 22, 2011. Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in power. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A Libyan rebel fighter raises his weapon as rebels enter Tripoli's Qarqarsh district August 22, 2011. Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in power. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Local residents greet advancing rebel fighters on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Clashes broke out early Monday near Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli, a day after rebels poured into the Libyan capital in a stunning advance that met little resistance from the regime's defenders. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

People walk along a street as a rebel fighter looks on in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on August 22, 2011, as heavy fighting raged near the Tripoli compound of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, while jubilant rebel forces surged into the symbolic heart of the capital. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan rebel fighters gesture at the former female military base in Tripoli, LIbya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime, but scattered battles erupted and the mercurial leader's whereabouts remained unknown. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A dead fighter is covered with a blanket as he lies on a street in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on August 22, 2011, a day after heavy fighting raged near the Tripoli compound of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, as jubilant rebel forces surged into the symbolic heart of the capital. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

The Libyan state television set is seen abandoned at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 22, 2011. Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel, where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said on Sunday. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MEDIA)

Men hug, as they celebrate the arrival of rebel fighters in Tripoli, while they stand amid cars in Misrata August 22, 2011 in this still image taken from video. Jubilant rebel fighters swept into the heart of Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate what they saw as the rapidly approaching end of his four decades of absolute power. REUTERS/Reuters TV (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Libyan man holds a flair on top of a building in Freedom square as tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the arrest of Kadhafi's son Saif al-islam and the partial fall of Tripoli in the hands of the Libyan rebels on August 21, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Gunmen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi run through the grounds of the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 21, 2011. Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said on Sunday. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Members of the media gather at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 21, 2011. Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said on Sunday. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Libyan rebels run for cover during fighting against regime forces near the Gadayem forest, west of Tripoli, on August 21, 2011. A beleaguered Moamer Kadhafi urged supporters to \"march by the millions\" and quash a months-long uprising, as rebel forces advanced on Tripoli and claimed his 42-year rule was on its last legs. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan rebel fighters raise their arms in celebration as they pass through a checkpoint near the town of Aziziyah, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)

A Libyan rebel tank drives over a sand barricade as rebels advance through the town of Maia, 25 kms (15 miles) west of Tripoli, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)

Medics treat a pro-Gadhafi fighter in the Abu-Rafat hospital on the outskirts of Zawiya, LIbya, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Moammar Gadhafi's main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after opposition fighters launched their first attack on the capital itself. Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

TOPSHOTS Libyan rebels take position during fighting against regime forces at the Gadayem forest, west of Tripoli, on August 21, 2011. A beleaguered Moamer Kadhafi urged supporters to \"march by the millions\" and quash a months-long uprising, as rebel forces advanced on Tripoli and claimed his 42-year rule was on its last legs. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan rebel fighters rest in front of a shop as they advance through the town of Maia, 25 kms (15 miles) from Tripoli, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)

People watch a speech by Libyan defector Abdul Salam Galod, a dissident of Muammar Gaddafi, near the courthouse in Benghazi, August 21, 2011. Explosions and gunfire rang out in Tripoli as opponents of Gaddafi launched an uprising and rebel forces edged towards the city, declaring a final push to end his four-decade rule. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Rebel fighters shoot to the sky during a funeral in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. Four bodies of rebel fighters, who were killed on the frontline of Brega, were buried. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Relatives of a rebel fighter mourn his death during a funeral in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. Four rebel fighters who were killed on the frontline of Brega were buried Friday. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A Libyan rebel fires an RPG rocket towards a hotel which is occupied by snipers in the main square of the western city of Zawiya, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Tripoli, on the fourth day of fighting against left over pockets of forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi August 18, 2011. Opposition forces say they had seized Zawiya's refinery, a key source of fuel supplies to the capital, and the last major barrier before they advance on Tripoli but the Libyan government hotly disputed the claim, saying the refinery was \"without doubt\" still in loyalists' hands. AFP PHOTO/MARC HOFER (Photo credit should read MARC HOFER/AFP/Getty Images)

Rebel fighters celebrate after taking control of the coastal town of Sabratha, 65 km (40 miles) west of Tripoli, August 18, 2011. Libyan rebels seized an oil refinery in the city of Zawiyah and took control of Sabratha further west on the main highway from Tripoli to Tunisia on Thursday, further isolating Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

epa02870641 A photo made available 18 August 2011, shows a Libyan rebel fighter receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Ajdabiya, Libya, 17 August 2011. According to media sources, the head of Libya's rebel Transitional National Council (TNC), Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has said that a final victory over leader Muammar Gaddafi was 'on the horizon' after recent military progress by the rebels, in remarks published 18 August. The rebels have been fighting for weeks to advance on the capital Tripoli. Since February, they have sought to oust Gaddafi who has been in power for 42 years. EPA/STRINGER

Ambassador Ali Aujali (C), representative of the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC) to the US, is surrounded by other Libyans as announces the opening the new Embassy of Libya under the control of the TNC in Washington, DC, on August 17, 2011. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

epa02868837 A man sits on hollow bricks during the funeral of 14 killed rebel fighters, in Benghazi, Libya, 16 August 2011. The fighters were killed on 15 August in the northern oil region of Albriggh during clashes with forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The conflict in Libya began in February after a lethal government crackdown on protesters left many killed. EPA/STRINGER

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, tribal elders chat after a news conference in which they expressed their continued support for the government of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi at a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. In an audio message broadcast early Monday on Libyan state TV, Gadhafi urged his supporters to dig in and fight as rebels threatened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines after a dramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the 6-month-old civil war began. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON A GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR. Young women pause to take pictures of a pro-Gaddafi rally in Green Square, Tripoli, August 15, 2011. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

A doctor restrains a man they said was a Gaddafi army soldier as they treat him for a gunshot wound at the Bir Muammar Hospital on the outskirts of Zawiyah, August 15, 2011. Rebels who attacked the strategic town of Zawiyah on Saturday lost at least six men on Monday as they continue to clear snipers and other pro-government forces. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A doctor holds a bullet which was removed from the head of a female civilian who was shot by a sniper while riding in a car, at the Bir Muammar Hospital on the outskirts of Zawiyah, August 15, 2011. Rebels who attacked the strategic town of Zawiyah on Saturday lost at least six men on Monday as they continue to clear snipers and other pro-government forces. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A Libyan rebel fighter with a wounded leg is carried in the operating room at the Bir Muammar Hospital on the outskirts of Zawiyah, August 15, 2011. Rebels who attacked the strategic town of Zawiyah on Saturday lost at least six men on Monday as they continue to clear snipers and other pro-government forces. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A rebel fighter raises his arms as a convoy of residents flee fighting between rebels and government forces loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi near the coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, August 14, 2011. Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of the town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Gaddafi's capital from its main link to the outside world. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

A rebel fighter holds money and documents seized from a man they said is a Libyan army soldier (R) at a checkpoint in the coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, August 14, 2011. Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of the town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi's capital from its main link to the outside world. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

A rebel fighter holds a knife seized from a man the rebels said was a captured Libyan army soldier at a checkpoint in the coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, August 14, 2011. Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of the town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi's capital from its main link to the outside world. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

A rebel fighter, with ammunition wrapped around his neck, waits at a checkpoint in the coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, August 14, 2011. Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of the town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi's capital from its main link to the outside world. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Nada Hamada, 10, wearing a pre-Gadhafi flag, prepares to eat at a public meal during the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. Muslims around the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan where they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

epa02868265 A picture made available the 16 of August 2011 shows a man belonging to the rebel fighters, preparing a missile launcher, at a rebel military base in Benghazi, Libya, 13 August 2011. According to media report, At least 26 Libyan opposition fighters were killed in clashes with government troops in the eastern city of Brega on 16 August. The Benghazi-based Quryna daily also reported that most of the rebels were shot by snipers. Over 40 were injured in the clashes, rebels have been trying to take control of key cities in their push towards the capital Tripoli, to isolate leader Muammar Gaddafi. EPA/STR

A rebel fighter points towards a mosque in Brega August 13, 2011. In fighting on two fronts well to the east of Tripoli, at Brega and near Misrata, at least 21 rebels and six soldiers were killed over the past two days, with some 50 rebels wounded. Neither side claimed major advances in the past 24 hours. Libya's state news agency said a NATO air strike killed six men in Brega. NATO said it targeted two armoured vehicles there. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY RELIGION)

Libyan rebel fighters in Shalghouda talk to a man who identified himself as Libyan Army Brigadier General al-Hadi al-Ujaili, right, after he was captured by rebels in the nearby village of Nasr August 12, 2011. Al-Ujaili claimed that 70 percent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold Tripoli still supports him and he is in no danger of falling soon.

In this photo taken during a government-organized meeting between villagers from Majar and local media at a hotel, Ayah Attieh, 5, pauses as she speaks to the media in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. Attieh is one of the survivors of the Aug. 9 NATO airstrike that killed 85 civilians, according to the Libyan government. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Libyans mourn as they bury a rebel killed in the industrial area of Brega by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, during a funeral in Benghazi August 12, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Libyan man prays inside a memorial museum for people who lost their lives during the battle for control of Misrata on August 11, 2011, at Tripoli street in the Libyan town of Misrata, the third largest city in Libya. The port city of 500,000 has been the scene of the fiercest fighting in the near six-month-old conflict and it continues to see a near daily rain of fire from Moamer Kadhafi's rockets. AFP PHOTO/GIOVANNI DIFFIDENTI (Photo credit should read GIOVANNI DIFFIDENTI/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour people hold photos of dead relatives and of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as they protest in front of the Hungarian embassy in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. Dozens of reported residents of the town of Majar, where the Libyan government claims that 85 civilians were killed in a NATO bombing last Aug. 9, protested in front of the Hungarian embassy which is currently representing the U.S and the European Union interests in Libya to demand a stop to the NATO bombings. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Libyan rebel fighters play with soccer balls as they wait at a staging area near the village of Shal Ghouda in western Libya, August 11, 2011. The fighters say they have pushed to within 25 km (15 miles) of Zawiyah, a town on the coastal road leading to Tripoli. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY SPORT SOCCER)

Light shines through bullet and shell holes in the walls of an apartment on Tripoli street in the Libyan town of Misrata, on August 11, 2011. The port city of 500,000 has been the scene of the fiercest fighting in the near six-month-old conflict and it continues to see a near daily rain of fire from Moamer Kadhafi's rockets. AFP PHOTO/GIOVANNI DIFFIDENTI (Photo credit should read GIOVANNI DIFFIDENTI/AFP/Getty Images)

A puppet representing Kadhafi hangs from an electric wire on August 10, 2011 close by a Libyan rebels checkpoint in the center of the Libyan port city of Misrata. AFP PHOTO/GIOVANNI DIFFIDENTI (Photo credit should read GIOVANNI DIFFIDENTI/AFP/Getty Images)

The night skies are lit as one of several powerful blasts rocked the Fernej district of southwest Tripoli on August 9, 2011. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Amir Brean, 4, plays in a public playground at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A rocket is fired during fighting with forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on August 6, 2011, as rebel advance on the town of Bir Ghanam which the commanders said they eventually captured, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP PHOTO/FLORENT MARCIE (Photo credit should read FLORENT MARCIE/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan rebels come under fire at an intersection beyond Bir Ghanam during fighting with forces loyal to Libya's leader Moamer Kadhafi, 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of the Libyan capital Tripoli on August 6, 2011. Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi told reporters in Tripoli on August 7, 2011 that government troops have recaptured Bir Ghanam, one day after rebels said they controlled the strategic town. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/COLIN SUMMERS (Photo credit should read COLIN SUMMERS/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyans inspect the damage at a factory targeted by NATO air strikes in Bir Ghanam on August 6, 2011 as rebel forces said they captured the town, 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of the Libyan capital Tripoli, from fighters loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. But Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi told reporters in Tripoli on August 7, 2011 that government troops have recaptured the strategic town. AFP PHOTO/COLIN SUMMERS (Photo credit should read COLIN SUMMERS/AFP/Getty Images)

A fighter loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is captured by rebel forces on August 6, 2011, as they advance on the town of Bir Ghanam which according to the rebel commanders was eventually captured, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP PHOTO/FLORENT MARCIE (Photo credit should read FLORENT MARCIE/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour a fruit and vegetable vendor bags vegetables he just sold at a small street bazaar in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Opening a new front, rebels launched a new offensive Saturday out of their stronghold in Libya's western mountains, battling regime forces in a drive toward the heartland of Moammar Gadhafi's rule on the Mediterranean coast.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

A Libyan rebel stands guard onconcrete blocks as men leave Freedome Square following the first Friday noon prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya on August 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour Mustafah Najji, center, is comforted during the funeral of his wife and two children who allegedly died after a NATO bomb fell on their home in Zliten, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. In recent weeks Libya's rebels have been slowly advancing on Zliten aided by NATO airstrikes but the town remains in control of the Libyan government headed by Moammar Gadhafi.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, a young Libyan break dancer performs in downtown Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

A group of Libyan rebel fighters look down onto the plains from an observation point in the Western Mountains near the town of Kabaw, August 2, 2011. The rebels, who surrrounded forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the nearby town of Tiji several days ago, had to retreat to this mountain ridge after running out of ammunition. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

Libyan men eat food after breaking the fast on evening of the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the square in rebel-held Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. From Syria to Libya and Egypt, the uprisings and unrest gripping the Arab world have cast a pall on the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month when the traditional focus on piety will likely be eclipsed by more unrest. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON A GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR Residents bury two children and their mother who were killed when their house was bombed by NATO forces, according to Libyan officials, in the town of Zlitan, 160km (99 miles) east of Tripoli, August 4, 2011. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Irish-Libyan rebel fighter Husam Najjair speaks to reporters at a front line checkpoint near Tiji in western Libya, August 1, 2011. Najjair left behind a life as a building contractor in Dublin to become a member of the Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade, one of the many armed rebel groups fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi's autocratic rule. REUTERS/Bob Strong (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)