Rebel fighters stomp on the head of a statue of Muammar Qaddafi inside the main compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Libyan rebels stormed Muammar Qaddafi's main military compound in Tripoli Tuesday after fierce fighting with forces loyal to his regime that rocked the capital as the longtime leader refused to surrender despite the stunning advances by opposition forces. #

Rebel fighters observe the fighting near the main Muammar Qaddafi compound in Bab Al-Aziziya district in Tripoli, Libya, on August 23, 2011, where some of the heaviest fighting took place. #

Rebel fighters speak to a suspected pro-Qaddafi soldier after he was captured in Tripoli, Libya, on August 23, 2011. Rebels say they control most of Tripoli, but they faced pockets of fierce resistance from regime loyalists firing mortars and anti-aircraft guns. #

Two men receive medical treatment after they were injured during fighting at Bab al Aziyah in Tripoli, on August 23, 2011. Rebel supporters have set up a field hospital in a vacant private house to treat wounded from the battle for Tripoli. #

Smoke billows in the background as Libyan rebels overrun Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's fortified Bab al-Azizya headquarters in the capital Tripoli after heavy fighting on August 23, 2011. Arabic writing on Libya's old flag, which has been adopted by the rebels, reads: "Free Libya... Al-Ruheibat Rebels." #

Libyan rebels walk toward the Bab al-Azizya, the overrun compound of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, in the capital of Tripoli, after heavy fighting on August 23, 2011. #

Girls holds up the rebel adopted old Libyan flag while celebrating in the eastern city of Benghazi, as rebels overran Muammar Qaddafi's fortified Bab al-Azizya headquarters in the capital Tripoli. #

A Libyan rebel shoots in the air at a checkpoint in the Bab El Bahrah district in Tripoli, Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Hundreds of Libyan rebels blasted through the green gates of Muammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli Tuesday after five hours of intense fighting around it. They beat and killed some of those who defended it, fired celebratory shots in the air and hauled off crates of weapons and trucks with guns mounted on the back. #

A girl flashes the V-sign for victory as she rides in a car in the newly named Martyr's Square, formerly known as Green Square, after rebel forces overran Muammar Qaddafi's fortified Bab al-Azizya headquarters in the capital Tripoli, on August 23, 2011. #

Rebel fighters and civilians celebrate in Martyr's Square, formerly known as Green Square, after rebel forces overran Muammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Azizya headquarters in Tripoli, on August 23, 2011. #

Salem Hasam Ali, 62, a shop owner, cries while singing the pre-Qaddafi Libyan national anthem at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, late Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Muammar Qaddafi's compound Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed loyalist troops, looted armories and knocked the head off a statue of the besieged dictator. #