Libyan Rebels Reach Western Outskirts of Tripoli (without meeting any resistance)

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[tsowellfan]

Euphoric Libyan rebels have pushed to the western outskirts of Tripoli without meeting any resistance after they overran a major military base that defends the capital.

Associated Press reporters with the rebels said they reached the Tripoli suburb of Janzour around nightfall Sunday. They were greeted by civilians lining the streets and waving rebel flags.

Hours earlier, the same rebel force of hundreds drove out elite forces led by Muammar al-Qaddafi's son in a brief gunbattle. The fighters hauled off truckloads of weapons and advanced full speed toward the capital. Related Video

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Inside Tripoli, there was a second day of widespread clashes between what the opposition called "sleeping cells" of rebels who are rising up and Qaddafi loyalists.

Libyan rebels captured a major military base in their assault on Tripoli, giving them access to large stores of weapons.

An Associated Press reporter with the rebels saw them take over the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital, on Sunday. The base has been defending Qaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli. After a brief gunbattle, Qaddafi's forces fled....

[tet68]

take over the base of the Khamis Brigade

Big news.

[tsowellfan]

As it says in American Thinker:

"Gaddafi may unleash one final spasm of violence against his own people - a worry of both NATO and the UN who appear to be on the verge of accomplishing their goal of eliminating the dictator. But judging by the nature of the opposition, NATO may look back on the fight to remove Gaddafi as the easy part of the operation. Islamists, fundamentalists, tribal rivalries, and a pitifully small number of more secular, democratic figures all portend trouble for the alliance and the UN in the aftermath of the Libya operation."

[Forward the Light Brigade]

The only choice the tyrant has —to die in battle, shoot himself like old Adolph, or flee to Turkey or some place else.