• An anti-Gaddafi fighter returns fire during clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) *** Local Caption *** EF05_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
    An anti-Gaddafi fighter returns fire during clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) *** Local Caption *** EF05_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
  • The view of a street after clashes between Libyan interim government forces and loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** EF05_LIBYA_1018_11.JPG
    The view of a street after clashes between Libyan interim government forces and loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** EF05_LIBYA_1018_11.JPG
  • Anti-Gaddafi fighters walk at an area where clashes with Gaddafi forces took place in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
    Anti-Gaddafi fighters walk at an area where clashes with Gaddafi forces took place in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
  • A revolutionary fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Gadhafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) *** Local Caption *** APTOPIX Mideast Libya.JPEG-01bec.jpg
    A revolutionary fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Gadhafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) *** Local Caption *** APTOPIX Mideast Libya.JPEG-01bec.jpg
  • epa02973577 (FILE) A file picture dated 19 February 2005 shows former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a meeting with then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at Itehadeya Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. According to media reports on 20 October 2011, Gaddafi was captured close Sirte, Libya. EPA/KHALED EL-FIQI *** Local Caption *** 02973577.jpg
    epa02973577 (FILE) A file picture dated 19 February 2005 shows former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a meeting with then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at Itehadeya Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. According to media reports on 20 October 2011, Gaddafi was captured close Sirte, Libya. EPA/KHALED EL-FIQI *** Local Caption *** 02973577.jpg
  • A file picture dated 04 August 2008 shows former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi during a meeting with Tunisian intellectuals in la Marsa near Tunis, Tunisia. According to media reports on 20 October 2011, Qaddafi was captured close Sirte, Libya. EPA / S??
    A file picture dated 04 August 2008 shows former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi during a meeting with Tunisian intellectuals in la Marsa near Tunis, Tunisia. According to media reports on 20 October 2011, Qaddafi was captured close Sirte, Libya. EPA / S??
  • A view of the street after a violent clashes between Libyan interim government forces and loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
    A view of the street after a violent clashes between Libyan interim government forces and loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
  • Anti-Gaddafi fighters carry an injured comrade during clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
    Anti-Gaddafi fighters carry an injured comrade during clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
  • An anti-Gaddafi fighter flashes victory signs on an armored bulldozer during violent clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces at the frontline in center Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
    An anti-Gaddafi fighter flashes victory signs on an armored bulldozer during violent clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces at the frontline in center Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
  • A Libyan rebel fighter fires his machine gun toward loyalist positions in Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Libyan revolutionary forces fought building by building against the final pocket of resistance in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, the last major ???
    A Libyan rebel fighter fires his machine gun toward loyalist positions in Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Libyan revolutionary forces fought building by building against the final pocket of resistance in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, the last major ???
  • In this June 12, 2010 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi talks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of the American military bases in the country, in Tripoli, Libya. Abdel Magid Al Fergany / AP Photo
    In this June 12, 2010 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi talks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of the American military bases in the country, in Tripoli, Libya. Abdel Magid Al Fergany / AP Photo
  • In this Nov. 3, 2008 file photo, Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi attends a wreath laying ceremony in the Belarus capital Minsk. The Associated Press is aware of reports that Moammar Gadhafi has been captured in Sirte. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
    In this Nov. 3, 2008 file photo, Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi attends a wreath laying ceremony in the Belarus capital Minsk. The Associated Press is aware of reports that Moammar Gadhafi has been captured in Sirte. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
  • Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi looks on during a news conference at the Quirinale palace in Rome in this June 10, 2009 file photo. Max Rossi / Reuters / Files
    Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi looks on during a news conference at the Quirinale palace in Rome in this June 10, 2009 file photo. Max Rossi / Reuters / Files
  • Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gestures from a car in Tripoli, after a meeting with a delegation of five African leaders seeking to mediate in Libya's conflict in this April 10, 2011 file photo. Deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi was captured and wounded near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on October 20, 2011 as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on Thursday. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi/Files (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SIN27_LIBYA-_1020_11.JPG
    Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gestures from a car in Tripoli, after a meeting with a delegation of five African leaders seeking to mediate in Libya's conflict in this April 10, 2011 file photo. Deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi was captured and wounded near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on October 20, 2011 as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on Thursday. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi/Files (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SIN27_LIBYA-_1020_11.JPG
  • Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi looks on during a news conference where he presented his family to U.S. female journalists inside his Bedouin tent erected in the heavily fortified Bab El-Assaria barracks on the outskirts of Tripoli in this January 12, 1986 ???
    Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi looks on during a news conference where he presented his family to U.S. female journalists inside his Bedouin tent erected in the heavily fortified Bab El-Assaria barracks on the outskirts of Tripoli in this January 12, 1986 ???
  • Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N.headquarters in New York in this September 23, 2009 file photo. Deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi was captured and wounded near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on October 20, 2011 as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files (UNITED STATESPOLITICS DAY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SIN704_LIBYA-_1020_11.JPG
    Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N.headquarters in New York in this September 23, 2009 file photo. Deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi was captured and wounded near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on October 20, 2011 as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files (UNITED STATESPOLITICS DAY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SIN704_LIBYA-_1020_11.JPG
  • Anti-Gaddafi fighters walk up the stairway in a house belonging to one of Muammar Gaddafi's family members in the city of Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SS502_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
    Anti-Gaddafi fighters walk up the stairway in a house belonging to one of Muammar Gaddafi's family members in the city of Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SS502_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
  • An anti-Gaddafi fighter searches inside a demolished house for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SS507_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
    An anti-Gaddafi fighter searches inside a demolished house for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SS507_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
  • An anti-Gaddafi fighter searches inside the bedroom of one of Gaddafi's demolished houses in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SS509_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
    An anti-Gaddafi fighter searches inside the bedroom of one of Gaddafi's demolished houses in Sirte October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) *** Local Caption *** SS509_LIBYA_1019_11.JPG
  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton checks her PDA upon her departure in a military C-17 plane from Malta bound for Tripoli, Libya October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) *** Local Caption *** SST108_LIBYA-CLINTO_1018_11.JPG
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton checks her PDA upon her departure in a military C-17 plane from Malta bound for Tripoli, Libya October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) *** Local Caption *** SST108_LIBYA-CLINTO_1018_11.JPG
  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton works at a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta bound for Tripoli, Libya, October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS) *** Local Caption *** SST109_LIBYA-CLINTO_1018_11.JPG
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton works at a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta bound for Tripoli, Libya, October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS) *** Local Caption *** SST109_LIBYA-CLINTO_1018_11.JPG
  • Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi looks on as Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives a speech in Rome in this August 30, 2010 file photo. Max Rossi / Reuters / Files
    Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi looks on as Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives a speech in Rome in this August 30, 2010 file photo. Max Rossi / Reuters / Files
  • Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi adjusts his glasses at the Africa-South America Summit on Margarita Island in this September 27, 2009 file photo. Qaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011, a senior NTC m???
    Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi adjusts his glasses at the Africa-South America Summit on Margarita Island in this September 27, 2009 file photo. Qaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011, a senior NTC m???
  • Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a celebration of the 40th anniversary of his coming to power at the Green Square in Tripoli in this September 1, 2009 file photo. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011, a senior NTC military official said. National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/Files (LIBYA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) *** Local Caption *** SIN304_LIBYA_1020_11.JPG
    Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a celebration of the 40th anniversary of his coming to power at the Green Square in Tripoli in this September 1, 2009 file photo. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011, a senior NTC military official said. National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/Files (LIBYA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) *** Local Caption *** SIN304_LIBYA_1020_11.JPG
  • Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi walks past a painting in the office of European Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels in this April 27, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/European Commission/Handout
    Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi walks past a painting in the office of European Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels in this April 27, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/European Commission/Handout
  • Muammar Qaddafi relaxes with his granddaughter in his tent at the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli in this file photo of a still image taken from an exclusive amateur video from 2005 obtained by Reuters on September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Reuters TV/Files
    Muammar Qaddafi relaxes with his granddaughter in his tent at the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli in this file photo of a still image taken from an exclusive amateur video from 2005 obtained by Reuters on September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Reuters TV/Files
  • Anti-Qaddafi fighters celebrate the fall of Sirte in the town October 20, 2011. Libyan interim government fighters captured Muammar Qaddafi's home town on Thursday, extinguishing the last significant resistance by forces loyal to the deposed leader and en???
    Anti-Qaddafi fighters celebrate the fall of Sirte in the town October 20, 2011. Libyan interim government fighters captured Muammar Qaddafi's home town on Thursday, extinguishing the last significant resistance by forces loyal to the deposed leader and en???
  • U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi (L) before a dinner at the G8 summit in L'Aquila in this July 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files
    U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi (L) before a dinner at the G8 summit in L'Aquila in this July 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files
  • A file photo dated 10 July 2009 shows Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi in the center of international politicians, (L-R, first row) Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, (L-R, second row) ???
    A file photo dated 10 July 2009 shows Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi in the center of international politicians, (L-R, first row) Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, (L-R, second row) ???
  • A file photo dated 23 September 2009 shows Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi as he speaks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. Born in 1942 in Sirte, then Italian Libya, into a Bedouin family. EPA/JASON SZENES *** Local Caption *** 02610???
    A file photo dated 23 September 2009 shows Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi as he speaks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. Born in 1942 in Sirte, then Italian Libya, into a Bedouin family. EPA/JASON SZENES *** Local Caption *** 02610???
  • This file photo taken on March 02, 2002 shows Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi attends a massive rally in the northern coastal city of Sirte. At a ceremony of loyalists to mark 34 years of "people power" in Tripoli on March 2, 2011 during which he vowed to fi???
    This file photo taken on March 02, 2002 shows Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi attends a massive rally in the northern coastal city of Sirte. At a ceremony of loyalists to mark 34 years of "people power" in Tripoli on March 2, 2011 during which he vowed to fi???
  • In this image taken from video on Sunday, June 12, 2011, provided by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's press service, Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi, right, plays a game of chess with visiting president of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in???
    In this image taken from video on Sunday, June 12, 2011, provided by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's press service, Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi, right, plays a game of chess with visiting president of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in???
  • File picture of Libyan Colonel Moammar Qaddafi in Tripoli, 27 September 1969, after the military putsch. Qaddafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew 01 September 1969 King Idris???
    File picture of Libyan Colonel Moammar Qaddafi in Tripoli, 27 September 1969, after the military putsch. Qaddafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew 01 September 1969 King Idris???
  • Palestinian PLO leader Yasser Arafat (R) kisses Libyan leader Colonel Mouammar Qaddafi (L) during a parade, 26 August 1978 in Tripoli, Libya. (FILE/AFP)
    Palestinian PLO leader Yasser Arafat (R) kisses Libyan leader Colonel Mouammar Qaddafi (L) during a parade, 26 August 1978 in Tripoli, Libya. (FILE/AFP)
  • Picture dated July 1973 of Libyan Head of State Colonel Moamer Qaddafi (L) joking in Tripoli with a group of British hippies. Qaddafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew 01 Sept???
    Picture dated July 1973 of Libyan Head of State Colonel Moamer Qaddafi (L) joking in Tripoli with a group of British hippies. Qaddafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew 01 Sept???
  • Moammar Qaddafi, Libyan strongman at the Cairo Airport in 1970. (AP Photo/FILE)
    Moammar Qaddafi, Libyan strongman at the Cairo Airport in 1970. (AP Photo/FILE)
  • Libya’s leader Moammar Qaddafi gives a fiery speech near Tripoli, Libya in April 1977 on the formation of S.P.L.A.J., (Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jemahiriyeh). Standing by at extreme right is Prime Minister Abdel Salam Jalloud. (AP Photo/File)
    Libya’s leader Moammar Qaddafi gives a fiery speech near Tripoli, Libya in April 1977 on the formation of S.P.L.A.J., (Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jemahiriyeh). Standing by at extreme right is Prime Minister Abdel Salam Jalloud. (AP Photo/File)

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