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 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)

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)

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)

Rebel fighters drive towards the frontline in the village of Mayah, some 30 kilometers west from Tripoli, 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)

Bashir Khamis, 2, front, poses for a photo together with his sisters at seaside of the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. World leaders said Monday the end is near for Moammar Gadhafi's regime and began looking at Libya's future without the man who has held power there for 42 years. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

people celebrate the capture in tripoli of muammar gaddafi's son and one-time heir apparent, seif al-islam, at the rebel-held town of benghazi, libya, early on 22 august 2011.

Libyan rebels captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold of Tripoli as clashes and protests raged in the streets of the capital on Sunday.

people celebrate the capture in tripoli of moammar gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent, seif al-islam, at the rebel-held town of benghazi, libya, early on 22 august 2011

people celebrate the capture in tripoli of muammar gaddafi's son and one-time heir apparent, seif al-islam, at the rebel-held town of benghazi, libya, early on 22 august 2011

a woman walks on a street carrying a pre-gadhafi's flag during the celebrations of the capture in tripoli of his son and one-time heir apparent, seif al-islam, at the rebel-held town of benghazi, libya, early monday, aug. 22, 2011.

people celebrate the capture in tripoli of moammar gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent, seif al-islam, at the rebel-held town of benghazi, libya, early monday, aug. 22, 2011.

Supporters of Libyan rebels removed the flag of the Muammar Gaddafi government in front of the Libyan Embassy in Ankara and raised the opposition's flag on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of Tripoli and crowds took to the streets to celebrate what they saw as the end of Gaddafi's four decades in power.(Photo : Zaman / Ali Unal )