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Rebel reinforcements from the Libyan capital of Tripoli celebrate as they arrive at a checkpoint between Tarhouna and Bani Walid, Libya, on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

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Rebel reinforcements from the Libyan capital of Tripoli celebrate as they arrive at a checkpoint between Tarhouna and Bani Walid, Libya, on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rebel fighters celebrate in the desert outside a military base near Bani Walid, Libya, on Saturday. The U.S. has stepped up surveillance of elements of the rebel forces interested in setting up an Islamist state.

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Abdul Basr, 45, center, chats with his neighbour as he sits in front of his damaged pizzeria on Tripoli street in Misrata, Libya, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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A Libyan girl waves the former Libyan flag from a car driving under a giant flag in the street of Jamal Goubtan district in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)

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Men suspected of being mercenaries for Moammar Gadhafi are held in a district sports center next to the medina, set up as provisory jail in Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 30, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

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Libyans gather in Martyrs' Square, formerly Green Square, for the morning Eid prayer to mark the end of Ramadan and to celebrate their victory over embattled Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Libyans pray in Martyr's Square, formerly known as Green Square, during the morning Eid prayer marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Libyan rebels are seen on the road out of Misrata, Libya, 118 miles from Col. Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)

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Libyan rebel fighters hug on Green Square after Friday Muslim prayer in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. British warplanes struck a large bunker Friday in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, his largest remaining stronghold, as NATO turned its attention to loyalist forces battling advancing Libyan rebels in the area.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Lifeless bodies lay as they are placed at the hospital in the Abu Salim district in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. The four-storey hospital was completely empty with shattered glass over the floors, dark with dried blood stains and with medical equipment strewn about. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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A portrait of Moammar Gadhafi on a wall covers by bullets marks is displayed on a building in the Abu Salim district, in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, where rebels had battled Gadhafi's fighters holed up in residential buildings for most of the previous day. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Libyan people react to support the rebellion after the Friday muslim prayer at Jamal Abd Nasser Mosque next to the Green square in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Libyans show their support for the rebellion after Friday prayers at the Jamal Abd Nasser Mosque next to Green Square in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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A rebel fighter seen at the checkpoint near the Tripoli International Airport outside Tripoli, LIbya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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Destroyed and burned cars parked along the wall of Moammar Gadhafi's compound Bab al-Aziziya, in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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A passenger plane destroyed by over-night shelling at the Tripoli International Airport outside Tripoli, LIbya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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A Libyan walks inside the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, LIbya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011,one Libya's most notorious prisons and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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A rebel fighter walks inside the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, LIbya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Abu Salim is one Libya's most notorious prisons and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)