As the news spread to major part of the city, some hotel residents and staff near to Green Square gathered at the parking lot to celebrate the good news ...
Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gadhafi's regime. Gadhafi's defenders quickly melted away as his 42-year rule crumbled, but the leader's whereabouts were unknown and pockets of resistance remained.
State TV broadcast Gadhafi's bitter pleas for Libyans to defend his regime. Opposition fighters captured his son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, who along with his father faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. Another son was under house arrest.
"It's over, frizz-head," chanted hundreds of jubilant men and women massed in Green Square, using a mocking nickname of the curly-haired Gadhafi. The revelers fired shots in the air, clapped and waved the rebels' tricolor flag. Some set fire to the green flag of Gadhafi's regime and shot holes in a poster with the leader's image.
Gadhafi’s appeal came as rebels closed in on Tripoli, claiming that the leader's regime was on its last legs.
Gadhafi's choice of words was anything but dignified as he tried to push his supporters to help him out of his misery. He said: "We have to put an end to this masquerade. You must march by the millions to free the destroyed towns" controlled by rebels he labeled as "traitors" and "rats."
In his umpteenth audio message carried on state television, without giving a clue where he was calling from, he went on to say: "These scum enter mosques to cry 'God is great.' They are dirty. They are defiling the mosques."
Most Libyans keep on asking why, if he is so brave, does the Libyan leader not get out of his hole to face the insurgents. If he has a battle to fight, he should do it himself, by example and get into the front to lead his remaining forces. Analysts believe that Gadhafi actions are cowardly. They keep on asking: “How could he pretend the people of Libya, ever so peaceful fight his own wars?
Earlier, cries of "Allahu Akbar" could be heard from mosques in the city's eastern sectors in support of the capital celebration.
Gadhafi's choice of words was anything but dignified as he tried to push his supporters to help him out of his misery. He said: "We have to put an end to this masquerade. You must march by the millions to free the destroyed towns" controlled by rebels he labeled as "traitors" and "rats."
In his umpteenth audio message carried on state television, without giving a clue where he was calling from, he went on to say: "These scum enter mosques to cry 'God is great.' They are dirty. They are defiling the mosques."
Most Libyans keep on asking why, if he is so brave, does the Libyan leader not get out of his hole to face the insurgents. If he has a battle to fight, he should do it himself, by example and get into the front to lead his remaining forces. Analysts believe that Gadhafi actions are cowardly. They keep on asking: “How could he pretend the people of Libya, ever so peaceful fight his own wars?
Earlier, cries of "Allahu Akbar" could be heard from mosques in the city's eastern sectors in support of the capital celebration.
Jubilant scenes of celebrations could also be seen in other cities recently captured by the insurgents, such as Zawiyah, Zliten, Gharyan, Sabratha, Brega and other smaller towns.
Credit: Confidential Eye Witness
22/08/11
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