Unidentified Pro-Gadhafi security forces stand near a checkpoint on a street in Qasr Banashir, southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Government opponents in rebel-held Zawiya repelled an attempt by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital in six hours of fighting overnight, witnesses said Tuesday.
People walk past a Libyan army tank near a mural adulating Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the Tripoli suburb of Gaser Ben Ghisher March 1, 2011.
A man wounded during recent clashes gestures under a poster of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at a hospital in Tripoli March 1, 2011.
A man controls an anti-aircraft gun at a barricade manned by people opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi in the centre of the city of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 1, 2011. Libya could descend into civil war if Gaddafi refuses to quit, the United States said on Tuesday, its demand for his departure carrying fresh weight after news of Western military preparations.
Protesters opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi hold a poster of Omar Mokhtar, who led Libya's resistance against the Italian occupation, in the centre of the city of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 1, 2011. Libya could descend into civil war if Gaddafi refuses to quit, the United States said on Tuesday, its demand for his departure carrying fresh weight after news of Western military preparations.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 01: Rebel recruits listen during their first day of military training at a rebel militia center on March 1, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Supporters of the Libyan opposition, which controls Benghazi and most of eastern Libya, have been eager to join militia groups, which have been fighting the forces of President Muammar Gaddafi to the west near the capitol Tripoli.
Libyans flash the V for 'victory' sign as they wait outside an office of the rebel army in the eastern city of Benghazi on March 1, 2011 to volunteer for a new force that plans to head towards Tripoli.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 01: Young men queue to sign up for military training at a rebel militia center on March 1, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Supporters of the Libyan opposition, which controls Benghazi, have been eager to join militia groups, which have been fighting the forces of President Muammar Gaddafi to the west near the capitol Tripoli.
Libyan anti-regime demonstrators gesture at a burnt police station in the eastern city of Tobruk on February 25, 2011. Libya was on edge as forces loyal to Kadhafi's crumbling regime staged a bloody fightback in western towns near Tripoli and the east declared itself free of his iron-fisted rule.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 01: A hangman's gallows sits idle at the Benghazi Central Prison on March 1, 2011 on the outskirts of Benghazi, Libya. Inmates broke free of the prison during the uprising a week ago in the city.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 01: A charred prison cell sits covered in ash at the Benghazi Central Prison on March 1, 2011 on the outskirts of Benghazi, Libya. Inmates broke free of the prison during the uprising a week ago and set fire to the facility.
A Libyan youth who has joined the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi helps organize ammunition at a military base in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 1 , 2011.
New Libyan rebel recruits learn how to use and maintain an anti-aircraft gun after signing up for the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at a training base in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 1 , 2011.
A Libyan army soldier signals from a rooftop to a Chinook helicopter in a border crossing station in western Libya March 1, 2011. Libya could descend into civil war if Muammar Gaddafi refuses to quit, the United States said on Tuesday, its demand for his departure carrying fresh weight after news of Western military preparations.
Libyan army forces unload supplies from a Chinook helicopter at a border crossing station in western Libya March 1, 2011. Libya could descend into civil war if Muammar Gaddafi refuses to quit, the United States said on Tuesday, its demand for his departure carrying fresh weight after news of Western military preparations.
Libyan army forces unload supplies from a Chinook helicopter at a border crossing station in western Libya March 1, 2011.
A member of Libya's Internal Security Forces (ISF) waves his old national flag ISF members parade in the eastern city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011. Residents of Libya's dissident-held east, frenzied by a deadly crackdown by Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime, vowed to march on the capital Tripoli as a string of towns famous as World War II battlegrounds fell under their control.
Members of Libya's Internal Security Forces (ISF) wave their old national flag as they parade in the eastern city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011 as residents of Libya's dissident-held east, frenzied by a deadly crackdown by Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime, vowed to march on the capital Tripoli.
Members of Libya's police forces waving their old national flag transport children in their pick-up truck as they parade in the eastern city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011. Residents of Libya's dissident-held east, frenzied by a deadly crackdown by Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime, vowed to march on the capital Tripoli as a string of towns famous as World War II battlegrounds fell under their control.
A supporter of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi shows his wounds to journalists on March 1, 2011 in a hospital in Tripoli, where he told journalists he was injured by gunshots during clashes with anti-Kadhafi protesters in the early days of riots in Libya.
A supporter of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi shows his wounds to journalists on March 1, 2011 in a hospital in Tripoli, where he told journalists he was injured by gunshots during clashes with anti-Kadhafi protesters in the early days of riots in Libya.
A supporter of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi shows his wounds to journalists on March 1, 2011 in a hospital in Tripoli, where he told journalists he was injured by gunshots during clashes with anti-Kadhafi protesters in the early days of riots in Libya.
Tarek Al-Matardi, 32, who was injured in the recent demonstrations against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, sits at the corniche to watch protesters at the court square in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday March 1, 2011. Gadhafi has launched the most brutal crackdown of any Arab regime facing a wave of anti-government uprisings spreading quickly around the Middle East, but international pressure to end the crackdown has escalated dramatically in the past few days. The U.S. moved naval and air forces closer to Libya on Monday and said all options were open, including patrols of the North African nation's skies to protect its citizens from their ruler.
An anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi protester displays her missing son's portrait as she protests with others at the court square, in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011. Gadhafi has launched the most brutal crackdown of any Arab regime facing a wave of anti-government uprisings spreading quickly around the Middle East, but international pressure to end the crackdown has escalated dramatically in the past few days. The U.S. moved naval and air forces closer to Libya on Monday and said all options were open, including patrols of the North African nation's skies to protect its citizens from their ruler. The Arabic words in the portrait reads:" Libyan missing since 1977 his family don't know anything about him, for all Bu-Slim prisoners please indentify him, Khalifa Mohammed al-stouri".
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