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A team of Libyan experts and military engineers dump fuel from expired SA-2 missiles under the supervision of the United Nations in Tripoli, Nov. 11. Experts were assigned to dump the toxic chemicals found in the air defense missiles left over from the former Gadhafi regime.
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A look at the life and times of Libya's mercurial and flamboyant leader
A displaced Libyan Tawargha woman cries during an interview in a refugee camp at the outskirts of Benghazi on March 7, 2012.
By Manu Brabo, Associated Press
Outside Libya’s second largest city of Benghazi lies a camp of refugees. Some 40,000 ethnic Tawargha Africans were expelled from their homes in Tawergha, just south of Misrata, for allegedly collaborating in the killing and raping of Misratans and for helping Gadhafi's forces impose a tight siege on the city during the Libyan revolution. Some in the camp were responsible for the allegations, and some were not. Read more about Tawargha here
Photos were shot by Associated Press photographer Manu Brabo in March, but made available to msnbc.com on Wednesday.
A displaced Libyan Tawargha woman walks through a refugee camp in the outskirts of Benghazi on March 7, 2012.
Displaced Libyan Tawargha men pray at a mosque in a refugee camp at the outskirts of Benghazi, Libya on March 7, 2012.
A displaced Libyan Tawargha tobacco store owner works in a refugee camp at the outskirts of Benghazi on March 7, 2012.
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A man covers his face as he walks past a truck spraying smoke to mask the smell of corpses and to ward off insects attracted to the stench in the streets of Sirte, Libya on Nov. 2, 2011.
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Libyan fighters show boxes of gold and personal items found in different houses during the war in Sirte, Libya on Nov. 2, 2011.
The clean up of Sirte begins. Many were left dead after the heavy fighting that took over Moammer Gadhafi's hometown in the final days leading up to his capture and death. AFP reports the city was left littered with bodies. Trucks have been spraying smoke to mask the stench and deter insects.
At the same time, Libyan fighters uncovered gold, cash and other personal items left in homes around the city.
For more images, see our slideshow on the conflict in Libya.
Esam Omran Al-Fetori / Reuters
Libyan fighters celebrate the fall of Sirte in on Oct. 20. Libyan interim government fighters captured Moammar Gadhafi's home town on Thursday, extinguishing the last significant resistance by forces loyal to the deposed leader and ending a two-month siege. The capture of Sirte means Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) should now begin the task of forging a new democratic system which it had said it would start after the city, built as a showpiece for Gadhafi's rule, had fallen.
From NBC, msnbc.com and news services:
Ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been captured after the apparent fall of his hometown of Sirte, according to reports out of Libya.
National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid told Reuters that Gadhafi has been wounded in both legs. But Reuters later reported that Gadhafi had died of his wounds, citing a senior NTC military official.
Gadhafi was trying to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked, Majid said.
For the complete story: Gadhafi is captured, Libya official claims
View the slideshow: The life of Moammar Gadhafi
View the slideshow: Conflict in Libya
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A musician, who had joined anti-Gadhafi fighters on the front line to entertain them, strums his guitar while being helped by doctors after he was injured during fighting between the pro- and anti-Gadhafi forces in Sirte Oct. 15. Picture received Oct. 16.
Do you think this is the same musician pictured in Natalia Jimenez's post from last week? Either way, he is dedicated.
As the battle for Sirte winds down, the images become more dramatic. You can see in the third photo below how close the photographers are to the action.
AP reports:
Fighters loyal to deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are now holding out in just two small pockets of his home town Sirte Wednesday, government commanders said after making gains overnight.
Gaddafi loyalists have fought tenaciously for weeks in Sirte, one of just two major towns they still control nearly two months since rebels seized the capital Tripoli.
Fighters from the interim Libyan government's volunteer army walked slowly up the same battle-scarred streets strewn with empty ammunition cases where they had fought fierce clashes a day before. Other fighters searched the damaged houses as a few dazed civilians emerged from their basements.
Previous PhotoBlog posts from Libya.
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A fighter loyal to Libya's new regime the Transitional national Council (NTC) tries to break down a door during fighting in the town of Sirte on October 12 as they move in for the kill against Moammar Gadhafi's diehards in his hometown.
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A fighter loyal to Libya's new regime fires his weapon during fighting in the town of Sirte on October 12.
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Libyan rebels carry an injured comrade, after he was wounded during the battle to liberate the city of Sirte, Libya October 12.
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Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) soldiers capture an alleged fighter (C) loyal to Moammar Gadhafi during street battles in Sirte on October 12, 2011 as Libya's new regime forces were moving in for the kill against Gadhafi's diehards in his hometown.
A peek into the Djeida prison in Tripoli, Libya that currently houses about 1400 inmates, including Gadhafi loyalist fighters, criminals, former regime ministers and foreign immigrants.
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Female inmates at the Tripoli's infamous Djeida prison walk about the courtyard on Oct. 11. Some 1400 inmates are detained in this facility, among them former regime ministers, loyalist fighters, ordinary criminals and foreign immigrants.
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An inmate of the infamous Djeida prison gestures towards a warden in Tripoli on October 11, 2011.
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Female inmates of the infamous Djeida prison stand in their cell in Tripoli on Oct. 11.
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Two couples of sub-Saharan African immigrants confined in the Djeida prison in Tripoli on Oct. 11. Both women are pregnant.
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A female inmate of the infamous Djeida prison washes her dishes in Tripoli on October 11, 2011.
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A female inmate leans against a wall at the infamous Djeida prison in Tripoli on Oct. 11.
See more pictures of Libya in our slideshow and on PhotoBlog.
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Libya's new regime forces fire their weapons at fighters loyal to fugitive strongman Moammar Gadhafi as a comrade plays a guitar during a battle in Sirte on Oct. 10, in a drive to control Gadhafi's hometown after a month-long siege.
I did a double take when I first came across this photo. In the middle of heavy fighting in Sirte, a Libyan fighter carries a guitar with him instead of a firearm.
This image brings up many questions, among them: what song was he singing?
Manu Brabo / AP
Libyan revolutionary fighters fire at pro-Gadhafi forces from behind a wall in Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 8. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since mid September, but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the hometown of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi.
AP Reports:
SIRTE, Libya — Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader's hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at crushing this key bastion of the old regime.
The inability to take Sirte, the most important remaining stronghold of Gadhafi supporters, more than six weeks after the capital fell has stalled efforts by Libya's new leaders to set a timeline for elections and move forward with a transition to democracy.
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Libyan National Transitional Council fighters take cover during a street battle in Sirte on Oct. 7. Sirte was rocked by deadly street fighting in what troops from the new regime said was the final assault on Moamer Kadhafi's besieged hometown, with orders that they take it "today."
Aris Messinis / AFP - Getty Images
A wounded Libyan National Transitional Council fighter is wheeled into the first field hospital near the frontline of Sirte on Oct. 7 as the city was rocked by deadly street fighting in what troops from the new regime said was the final assault on Moamer Kadhafi's besieged hometown.
It is surprising to see that there are still people fighting in support of former Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi. The National Transitional Council has been widely recognized as the interim government by most of Libya, in addition to the rest of the world. Heavy fighting continued in Sirte, Libya today when the revolutionary fighters launched an attack in the heart of the city. Sirte is Gadhafi's hometown and the final stronghold still loyal to the dictator.
For more information: Libyan fighters assault main Gadhafi base in Sirte.
Mohamed Messara / EPA
Libyan rebel fighters use binoculars to check for any sign of Gaddafi forces, in Sirte, Libya, on Oct. 7. According to media reports, Libyan fighters loyal to the country's transitional rulers were pursuing a major ground assault in Sirte, the hometown of the fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi and one of his last remaining strongholds. The offensive, targeting several fronts of diehard Gaddafi loyalists holed up in Sirte, appeared to be the final push to seize the port city, after the country's interim leaders announced that a new government would not be formed until all of Libya is 'liberated'.
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A Libyan National Transitional Council fighter reacts outside the first field hospital near the frontline of Sirte on Oct. 7 as the city was rocked by deadly street fighting in what troops from the new regime said was the final assault on Moamer Kadhafi's besieged hometown.
Suhaib Salem / Reuters
Libyan man reacts as others carry the body of an anti-Gadhafi fighter who was killed in Bani Walid, during his funeral in Tripoli Sept. 29. A senior commander and eight other anti-Gaddafi fighters were killed on Tuesday night in a rocket barrage fired by forces supporting Moammar Gadhafi in Bani Walid, medics said.
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A Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) tank shells the city of Sirte from an outpost some 5 kms (3 miles) east of the entrance to the city, on Sept. 29. as Gadhafi diehards fought pitched battles with combatants loyal to Libya's new rulers for control of the ousted despot's birthplace.
Esam Omran Al-fetori / Reuters
Several anti-Gadhafi fighters who were injured amid heavy shelling in Sirte wait as they are transported in Red Crescent helicopters from Ras Lanuf to Benghazi on Sept. 28.
Anis Mili / Reuters
Forces loyal to Libya's interim rulers fire a rocket from an area about 2 km (1 mile) from the centre of the coastal city of Sirte on Sept 28.
Reuters
A rocket launcher explodes as forces loyal to Libya's interim rulers fire rockets from an area about 2 km from the centre of the coastal city of Sirte on Sept. 28.
For more of the latest images from Libya click here to see the slideshow.
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An anti-Gadhafi fighter fires a RPG against Gadhafi loyalists in a village near Sirte, one of Muammar Gadhafi's last remaining strongholds.
Reuters reports
In Sirte, NTC forces have entered the city from the west and captured nearby Herawa to the east, but have not been able to dislodge tenacious Gadhafi fighters.
Moussa Ibrahim, the deposed leader's spokesman, contacted Reuters by satellite telephone to say Gadhafi was still in Libya, leading the "resistance" against his foes.
"We will be able to continue this fight and we have enough arms for months and months to come," he said. Read more…
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