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Rebels Penetrate Qaddafi Compound
Rebel fighters driver through Tripoli, on August 23, 2011. Libyan rebels declared the Qaddafi era over after storming Tripoli, but one of the veteran strongman’s sons insisted the battle was far from done as he defiantly refuted reports of his arrest.
AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
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