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Anti-Government Protests Erupt In Tripoli As Rebels Enter Qaddafi Stronghold | Celebrations greeted Libyan rebel forces that entered the capital Tripoli, the stronghold of Col. Muammar Qaddafi. Al Jazeera English reported that the rebel leadership of the Transitional National Council (TNC) confirmed that Qaddafi’s two sons were captured. Qaddafi himself, who is suspected to have left Tripoli, made three increasingly desperate audio addresses on Libyan state television in the last 24 hours. With the fall of Qaddafi’s 41 year rule — the Arab world’s longest — appearing imminent, cameras for Al Jazeera captured images of Libyans in Tripoli stomping on banners bearing Qaddafi’s face (via Sultan Al Qassemi):
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