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A man shoots to the sky as he celebrates 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. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

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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. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

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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. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Smoke rises as heavy gunfire is heard all around in Tripoli, Libya, as rebels marched into the capital on Sunday. The rebels captured one of Col. Moammar Gadhafi's sons and another son surrendered as the tide of the 6-month-old uprising appeared to be turning quickly against the leader of more than four decades.

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Rebel fighters speed towards the frontllne fighting in the village of Mayah, some 30 kilometers west from Tripoli, LIbya, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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Libyan rebel fighters speed toward the front-line fighting in the village of Mayah, Libya, some 18 miles west of Tripoli, the capital, on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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Rebel fighters, foreground, pray during Friday prayers in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

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A Libyan loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi fires his weapon in the air in the main Green Square of Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in this image taken on a government-sponsored tour. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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Workers modify a civilian pickup truck into a military vehicle, adding weapons and reinforcements, in Zintan, western Libya. Zintan has become the center of what is emerging as the rebels' most promising front in their campaign to oust Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

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Libyan rebels protect a captured enemy sniper from the retaliation of other rebel fighters near Zawiya in western Libya on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)

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A Libyan rebels carry the coffin of a comrade in Zawiya, western Libya, Libya, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Libya's rebels threatened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after a dramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the 6-month-old civil war began to attack Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)

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Libyan rebels in the back of a pickup truck head for the front line near Zawiya in western Libya on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)

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This video image broadcast on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, by Libyan TV purports to show Col. Moammar Gadhafi's youngest son, Khamis Gadhafi (left), who commands one of the best-trained and -equipped units in the Libyan military, visiting an injured woman in a hospital in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Libyan TV)

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In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, a Libyan man inspects a building that Libyan officials say was damaged in an airstrike, in the town of Zlitan, roughly 160 kilometers (99 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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Thousands of mourners in Benghazi, Libya, marched in the funeral procession Friday for the Libyan rebels' slain military chief, Abdel-Fattah Younis, a day after he was gunned down under still mysterious circumstances. An investigation has begun. (Associated Press)

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Libyan special emergency police officers and local militia guard the hangar where the fighting between rebel forces and suspected pro-Gadhafi fighters took place on the outskirts of rebel-held Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, July 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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**FILE** Libyan men carry the coffin, gesture and chant slogans July 29, 2011, during the funeral of Libyan rebels' slain military chief Abdel-Fattah Younis in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

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Libyans mourn, gesture and chant slogans during the funeral of Libyan rebels' slain military chief Abdel-Fattah Younis in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, July 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A rebel fighter visits a grave honored with a rebel flag in a cemetery in Benghazi, Libya. Rebels are seeking lethal military assistance from the U.S. to topple Col. Gadhafi's regime.

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Libyan rebels gather around a captured tank in Kabaw, western Libya, on July 14, 2011. (Associated Press)