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Celebrations as rebels enter Green Square, Tripoli

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Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance on Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gadhafi's regime

Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance on Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
The seizure of Green Square held profound symbolic value - the plaza was the scene of pro-Gadhafi rallies organised by the regime almost every night, and Gadhafi 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-Gadhafi fighters remained.
It was a stunning reversal for Gadhafi, who earlier this month had seemed to have a firm grip on his stronghold in the western part of Libya, despite months of NATO air strikes on his military.
Rebels had been unable to make any advances for weeks, bogged down on the main fronts with regime troops in the east and centre of the country.
Gadhafi is the Arab world's longest-ruling, most erratic, most grimly fascinating leader - presiding for 42 years over this North African desert nation with vast oil reserves and just 6 million people.

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