Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Fighting Rages On Inside Tripoli


A demonstrator smashes a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara on August 22, 2011. Fighting rages in Libya today, a day after jubilant rebels overran the symbolic heart of the capital.

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A demonstrator smashes a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara on August 22, 2011. Fighting rages in Libya today, a day after jubilant rebels overran the symbolic heart of the capital.

A demonstrator smashes a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara on August 22, 2011. Fighting rages in Libya today, a day after jubilant rebels overran the symbolic heart of the capital.

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A demonstrator smashes a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara on August 22, 2011. Fighting rages in Libya today, a day after jubilant rebels overran the symbolic heart of the capital.

Rebels recently swept inside Libya's capital. They're facing pockets of violent resistance from forces loyal to Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. To learn about the battle for Tripoli and what a post-Gadhafi era may mean for the region, host Michel Martin speaks with a representative of the Libyan Transitional National Council and Al Jazeera International's Washington Bureau Chief.

Source: NPR : National Public Radio

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