83285503 The rebels seized the residence of the Gaddafi
Libyan rebels seized the residence of Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, said on Tuesday, August 23, Agence France-Presse. According to Reuters, the opposition forces broke into the territory of the Libyan leader's residence and shot into the air, celebrating the victory. During the day, supporters of al-Gaddafi tried to resist the rebel forces, but later conceded. In the storming of the residence, which began on August 23, attended the Air Force NATO – as a result of a point airstrike destroyed one of the walls of the complex of the residence. Destroyed by any other building on the campus of Bab al-Aziz, is not specified. Apart from the residence of the Gaddafi in a fenced area are a number of army barracks and other buildings. According to information held by the rebels, under the seat of the Libyan leader, is a system of tunnels with total length of 30 kilometers, with which, in particular, we can move beyond Tripoli to the sea. Where in the residence time of the assault itself was Muammar Gaddafi – not specified. However, in the morning August 23 the son of Libyan leader Seif al-Islam Qaddafi assured reporters that his father is in Tripoli. This information later in a telephone conversation with a journalist Reuters confirmed the president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Ilyumzhinov, who visited Tripoli to visit in mid-June 2011. The rebels began an active attack on the Libyan capital on Saturday, August 20. Two days later, they managed to take most of Tripoli, including the television station. In his address to representatives of the people of Libya, the rebels have promised to finally squeeze force supporters of capital Gaddafi for two days.
