LIBYA: Gaddafi compound continues to suffer heavy pounding whilst snipers make a last stand to save the old regime

Record ID: 574881

  • Title: LIBYA: Gaddafi compound continues to suffer heavy pounding whilst snipers make a last stand to save the old regime
  • Date: 25th August 2011
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (AUGUST 24, 2011) (REUTERS) EMPTY ROADS IN TRIPOLI/ ABANDONED AND WRECKED CARS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD EXTERIOR OF BAB AL-AZIZIYA COMPOUND ARMED REBEL FIGHTERS HOLD REVOLUTION FLAG OUTSIDE BAB AL-AZIZIYA MORE OF COMPOUND WITH REBEL FIGHTERS INSIDE CHAIRS INSIDE COMPOUND WRECKED ARTILLERY INSIDE COMPOUND PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH COMPOUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED REBEL FIGHTER SAYING: "Welcome, welcome. Gaddafi finished. No more Gaddafi, from here Gaddafi is finished." REBELS CARRYING A BOX (AUDIO OF GUNFIRE) COVERED UP DEAD BODIES ON FLOOR OF COMPOUND RIPPED UP POSTER OF GADDAFI BILLOWS IN THE AIR REBEL FIGHTERS SHOOTS INTO THE SKY VARIOUS OF REBEL FIGHTERS WALKING IN COMPOUND BURNED-OUT AREA INSIDE BAB AL-AZIZIYA COMPOUND BUILDING WITH EAGLE ON TOP EAGLE REBELS WITH GUNS WALKING ALONG A WALL INSIDE GADDAFI BARRACKS BULLETS HEARD WHIZZING PAST/ REBEL LOOKING WITH BINOCULARS REBELS PEAKING OUT FROM WALL RUNNING ALONG THE MAIN ROAD OUTSIDE LEADING TO THE FRONT GATE OF THE GADDAFI COMPOUND REBELS RUNNING AGAINST THE WALL TO AVOID SNIPERS AND HIDING IN CORRIDORS MORE OF REBELS WALKING AS GUNFIRE RINGS IN THE AIR REBEL FIRING GUN AT SNIPER TARGET GREEN FLAG FLYING OVER THE WALL EMPTY AREA BEFORE WALL OVER WHICH GADDAFI FORCES ARE BASED REBEL TRUCK DRAGGING WRECKED CAR FROM FIGHTING AREA
  • Embargoed: 9th September 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVA57HIA9PYVISOT7QNRFJ18WN98
  • Story Text: Snipers shot repeatedly at rebels within Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound on Wednesday (August 24) as the fight continued to flush Gaddafi out.
    Inside the compound, Gaddafi's forces were still positioned in woods near the main gate taking pot shots at the rebels as well as firing RPG's and mortars.
    The rebels overran Gaddafi's fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli on Tuesday (August 23) trashing the symbols of his rule.
    Amid continued fighting rebel fighters celebrated, firing into the air and waving their adopted flag.
    "Welcome, welcome. Gaddafi finished. No more Gaddafi, from here Gaddafi is finished," said one fighter inside the compound on Wednesday.
    Libyan government fighters and snipers are putting up scattered, last-ditch resistance efforts in Tripoli a day after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in power.
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