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Colonel’s Last Hours, Libyan Rebels in Tripoli
Libyan rebels entered the capital Tripoli Sunday in a final drive to oust their forty two years President Moammar Gaddafi, seizing swathes of the capital Tripoli and arresting his son, Seif al-Islam.
As the rebels' wave surged into Tripoli, thousands of residents poured onto the streets to welcome them while Gaddafi's defenders melted away.
While Gaddafi's regime appeared to be rapidly crumbling, the so-called King of Africa appealed for his people to "save Tripoli" from a rebel offensive, in an audio message played on state television Sunday.
"It is the obligation of all Libyans. It is a question of life or death," he said. Gaddafi made a similar appeal earlier in the evening on state television, as rebels streamed into the capital.
For his part, government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim informed a press conference that "1,300 people had been killed in the rebel assault on the capital," describing "the fighting as a real tragedy."
By the early hours of Monday, opposition fighters controlled most of the capital. The seizure of "Green Square" held profound symbolic value - the plaza was the scene of pro-Gaddafi rallies organized by the regime almost every night, and Gaddafi delivered speeches to his loyalists from the historic Red Fort that overlooks the square.
Rebels and Tripoli residents set up checkpoints around the city, though pockets of pro-Gaddafi fighters remained.
The rebels' leadership council, based in the eastern city of Benghazi, sent out mobile text messages to Tripoli residents, proclaiming, "Long live Free Libya" and urging them to protect public property. Internet service returned to the capital for the first time in six months.
Meanwhile, US entered directly at the Libyan scene as US President Barack Obama rushed to announce that the Gaddafi regime was at a "tipping point" and that the "tyrant" must go, adding "a call for the rebels to respect human rights and move to democracy.
"It is clear from the scenes we are witnessing in Tripoli that the end is near for Gaddafi," UK's Prime Minister David Cameron commented as he cut his vacation to chair a meeting of the National Security Council on Libya on Monday.
Source: News Agencies
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