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Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi celebrate after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanuf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Witnesses say Libyan rebels have captured the oil port town of Ras Lanouf from pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces, their first military victory in what could be a long, westward march to the capital Tripoli. The witnesses said on Saturday that Ras Lanouf, about 87 miles (140 kilometers) east of the Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte, fell in rebel hands Friday night after a fierce battle with pro-regime forces who later fled. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) (AP)

Paul Schemm
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Gadhafi lays siege on Zawiya, called a massacre

Maggie Michael, Paul Schemm
Libyan relatives of rebel fighters killed in fighting with troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday, react during a mass funeral in Ajdabiya, eastern Libya, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) (AP)

Maggie Michael
President Barack Obama speaks during a bi-partisan meeting of governors in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

"Gadhafi must leave"

Bradley Klapper
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A Libyan rebel celebrates next to a burn pro-Moaamar Gadhafi fighters vehicle in the town of Brega, east of Libya, oWednesday March 2, 2011. Regime opponents battled forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who tried Wednesday to retake a key oil installation in a counteroffensive Wednesday against the rebel-held eastern half of the country. At one point in the flip-flopping battle, anti-Gadhafi fighters cornered the attackers in a nearby seaside university campus in fierce fighting that killed at least five. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Paul Schemm
Anti-Gadhafi protestors Kadija Sherif, right, and Hana Benghalbon, background, take part in a demonstration at the Libyan Embassy in Washington, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) (AP)

Matthew Lee, Robert Burns
This video image taken from Libyan state television broadcast Wednesday March 2, 2011 shows Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addressing supporters and journalists in Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/Libyan state television via APTN) LIBYA OUT, TV OUT (AP)

Maggie Michael, Paul Schemm
New Libyan rebel recruits from the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi push an anti-aircraft gun at a military base in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 1 , 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) (AP)

Maggie Michael, Paul Schemm
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Unidentified pro-Gadhafi security forces stand near a checkpoint on a street in Qasr Banashir, southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Government opponents in rebel-held Zawiya repelled an attempt by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital in six hours of fighting overnight, witnesses said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Libyan rebels repel Gadhafi's troops near Tripoli

Maggie Michael
Libyans wave Libyan monarchist-era flags on a monument in the southwestern town of Nalut, Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. The town is currently in control of the Libyan anti-government forces. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures as she speaks at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The 27-nation bloc agreed an arms embargo, asset freeze and visa ban against Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi on Monday. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

US to investigate Gadhafi role in Lockerbie attack

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Pro-Gadhafi supporters in a car speed past a vehicle used to transport tanks from the Libyan military's elite Khamis Brigade, led by Gadhafi's youngest son Khamis Gadhafi, hours after the Khamis units were deployed on the road in Harshan, 10km east of Zawiya, in Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Rebel forces in Zawiya were locked in a standoff with Gadhafi loyalists and residents inside the city said they were anticipating a possible attack. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Maggie Michael
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A Libyan protester holds up a sign as she shouts slogans against Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi during the demonstration before Friday prayers, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Moammar Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, demanding the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. Across rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

The U.S. takes a stand against Qaddafi

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb., 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Associated Press

Peter Finocchiaro
Human Rights council members follow a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The 27-nation bloc agreed an arms embargo, asset freeze and visa ban against Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi on Monday. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Maggie Michael
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, and President Barack Obama get in position for a group photo at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

U.S. continues policy of opposing ICC prosecutions

Glenn Greenwald
A Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Pan Pylas
Libyan men hold the former royal flag as they drive past a demonstration against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in Benghazi, in eastern Libya, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) (AP)

Maggie Michael
A man carrying bread from a bakery walks past felled palm trees used as roadblocks by residents in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Residents there have blocked many streets with roadblocks after protesters demanding Moammar Gadhafi's ouster came under a hail of bullets Friday when pro-regime militiamen opened fire to stop the first significant anti-government marches in days in the Libyan capital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Libya rebels gear for bloody fight near capital

Maggie Michael
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Libyan gunmen flash the V sign as they stand on a military vehicle driving in the streets of Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Several tens of thousands held a rally in support of the Tripoli protesters in the main square of Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi, where the revolt began, about 580 miles (940 kilometers) east of the capital along the Mediterranean coast. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Libya fractured: A look at liberated Benghazi

Peter Finocchiaro
A man walks through roadblocks made by residents in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Residents there have blocked many streets with roadblocks after protesters demanding Moammar Gadhafi's ouster came under a hail of bullets Friday when pro-regime militiamen opened fire to stop the first significant anti-government marches in days in the Libyan capital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Maggie Michael, Bassem Mroue
Libyan protesters shout slogans against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration at the court square, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Several tens of thousands held a rally in support of the Tripoli protesters in the main square of Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi, where the revolt began, about 580 miles (940 kilometers) east of the capital along the Mediterranean coast. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Ben Hubbard, Maggie Michael
In this image taken from Libya State Television, showing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, centre, as he speaks to followers from the top of a stone wall at The Green Square, central Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. The TV station declared this to be a live broadcast from the square and also showed a large crowd celebrating in the square below. (AP Photo/Libya State) TV OUT (AP)

Matthew Lee, Bradley Klapper
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