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Storming Tripoli { 32 images } Created 28 Aug 2011

Libyan rebels defeat Gadhafi's forces in Zawyiah and storm Tripoli during August 2011 Ramadan.
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  • Libyan rebels fighters around uprised  coastal town of Sabratha on the look out for  Gadhafi's loyalists holding areas of the city. 17 August 2012.
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  • Rebels fighters march from Zawiyah toward Libyan capital Tripoli. Fighters drive away a ZSU-23 anti-aircraft tank that was captured at a military base that was home to the Khamis Brigade, in al-Maya, midway to Tripoli.  21 August 211.
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  • Victorious rebels fighters enter Libyan capital Tripoli without facing heavy resistance from Gadhafi's loyalists. Welcoming ambiance on Mokthar avenue in late evening.  22 August 2011.
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  • Rebels fighters march from Zawiyah toward Libyan capital Tripoli. They loot weapons at a military base that was home to the elite Khamis Brigade, in al-Maya, midway on the road to Tripoli.  21 August 211.
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  • As Rebel Libyans attacks Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi's headquarter compound in Tripoli, young fighters rushed to tear down a Gadhafi's billboard portrait on a nearby building. 23 August 2011.
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  • Rebel Libyans attacks Gadhafi's headquarters in Bab Al Azizyia compound in Tripoli. On the avenue toward the compound where fierce fire fighting occurred. 23 August 2011.
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  • Two days after entering the capital, rebel Libyans launch an assault against  Bab Al Azizyia, Gadhafi's fortified compound in Tripoli. Amid fierce gunfire and shelling from loyalist defenders, rebels push toward the compound main gate on Al Jala'a street. The compound was successfully stormed that day. 23 August 2011.
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  • Shelling with recoiless rifle, Libyan rebels attacks Bab Al Azaziya compound in Tripoli, returning fire as they  closed to one of the compound's gate down Al Jala'a avenue. This streeet leading to Gadhafi's headquarters was an open firing lane from both sides. 23 August 2011.
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  • Rebel Libyans launch an assault against  Bab Al Azizyia, Gadhafi's fortified compound in Tripoli. Fierce gunfire and shelling during rebel's advance toward the main gate on Al Jala'a street. 23 August 2011.
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  • Libyan rebels  attack Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi's headquarters in Tripoli. After a Caterpillar teared up a breach in the outer wall and rammed the main gate, the rebels swarm the compound under a hail of bullets, setting ablaze the beduin tents favored by the Libyan Leader. 23 August 2011.
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  • During a fierce firefight, Libyan rebels  attack Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi's headquarters compound in Tripoli. After a Caterpillar opened a breach in the outer wall it went around to ram the main gate, as the rebels swarm the compound. 23 August 2011.
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  • Libyan rebels attack Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi headquarters compound in Tripoli. After a Caterpillar opened a breach in the outer wall and rammed the main gate, the rebels swarm the compound.<br />
23 August 2011.
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  • During a fierce firefight, Libyan rebels  attack Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi's headquarters compound in Tripoli. After a Caterpillar open a breach in the outer wall and rammed the main gate, the rebels swarm the compound setting the bedouin tents on fire while dodging adverse fire shots.<br />
23 August 2011.
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  • Libyan rebels  celebrate after sucessfully fighting their way to Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi's headquarter compound in Tripoli. After a Caterpillar opened a breach in the outer wall and at the main gate, the rebels stormed the compound. 23 August 2012.
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  • Libyan rebels launch an assault against  Bab Al Azizyia, Gadhafi's fortified compound in Tripoli. A wounded fighter is whisked away by his comrades amid fierce gunfire and shelling as rebel's advance toward the main gate on Al Jala'a street. 23 August 2011.
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  • Libyan rebel fires at holed up snipers during the attack on Bab Al Azizyia, Gadhafi's headquarters compound in Tripoli. 23 August 2011.
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  • Libyan rebels  attack Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi's headquarters compound in Tripoli. During and after the fighting, fighters later joined by civilians loot as many weapons they can carry from depots inside the compound. 23 August 2011.
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  • Libyan rebels  attack Bab Al Aziziya,  Gadhafi headquarters compound in Tripoli. After the compound was overrunned, fighters soon joined by civilians went on a looting spree for weapons and valuables they can carry away. 23 August 201I.
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  • Libyan rebels  attack Bab Al Azizyia,  Gadhafi headquarters compound in Tripoli. Green flags of the Gadhafi's regime are stripped down outside the compound. 23 August 2011.
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  • As they reach the iconic building bombed by the USA in 1986, Libyan rebels  celebrate after they successfully stormed, under fierce gunfire,  Bab Al Aziziya compound in Tripoli. After a Caterpillar opened a breach in the outer wall and rammed the main gate, the rebels swarmed Gadhafi's fortified headquarter. 23 August 2011.
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  • Libyan rebels  attack Bab Al Aziziya,  Gadhafi's headquarters compound in Tripoli. During and after the fighting, fighters joined by civilians loot weapon depots inside the compound. 23 August 2011.
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  • The day after the rebels Libyan attacks Bab Al Azazyia compound in Tripoli.<br />
Search and looting throughout the compound, inside a small house with tacky furnitures.  24 August 2011.
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  • Rebels in Tripoli fight pockets of fierce resistance from regime loyalists in Abu Salim district where Gadhafi's snipers are holed up. 25 August 2011.
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  • Libyans rebels from Misrata secure Tripoli's Abu Salim district. Rebels fighters comb the streets and search building for weapons or hidden loyalist snipers  while residents with more or less anxiety welcome the new power. 26 August 2012.
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  • Rebels say they control most of Tripoli, but they faced pockets of resistance from regime loyalists in Abu Salim district where Gadhafi's snipers were holed up. A man suspected of being a regime soldier is taken out by rebels. 25 August 2011.
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