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Libyan defected soldiers load at the back of a pick-up truck with cartridge belts and anti-aircraft weapons at a military base in the eastern city of Benghazi.The West edged closer on Tuesday to military action against Moamer Kadhafi as the United States said air strikes would be needed to secure a no-fly zone over Libya, and regime forces tried to retake a key city. (AFP/Marco Longari)

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi remained defiant Tuesday despite losing control of virtually all of eastern Libya and parts of the west. In the town of Jaduand on the road towards Zintan, AFPTV filmed images of anti-Kadhafi protests and evidence of widespread unrest, with burnt-out cars dotting the landscape. RARE IMAGES OF UNREST IN WESTERN LIBYA, EXCLUSIVE TO AFPTV. Duration: 01: 30(AFPTV)

A Libyan opposition army soldier covers his head with a flag outside an army barrack in Benghazi. The West edged closer on Tuesday to military action againstMoamer Kadhafi as the United States said air strikes would be needed to secure a no-fly zone over Libya, and regime forces tried to retake a key city. (AFP/Marco Longari)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, supporters of Libya leader Moammar Gadhafi shout slogans on top of a truck of an aid convoy whichconsists of 18 trucks and an ambulance carrying food and medicines head to the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, in the town of Qasr bin Ghashir, south of Tripoli, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hamza Turkia)

Arab League chief Amr Mussa, seen here in February 2011, has said the situation in Libya was "catastrophic" as foreign ministers meeting in Cairoprepared to reject foreign military intervention against Moamer Kadhafi's regime. (AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)

The unoccupied seat for the Libyan foreign minister is seen at the opening of an emergency meeting among the Arab League foreign ministers held to discussissues about Libya, at its headquarters in Cairo March 2, 2011. Arab foreign ministers called on the Libyan leadership on Wednesday to take "brave" decisions to stop violence and respect the "legitimate rights" of the people. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A Bangladeshi migrant worker evacuated from Libya takes part in a protest against the Bangladesh government after arriving at the Hazrat Shahjalal InternationalAirport in Dhaka March 2, 2011. A total of 528 Bangladeshis, who crossed the Libyan border into neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia amid an anti-Gaddafi revolt, returned to the country Wednesday morning with the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) local news reported. Relatives of the Bangladeshis have also staged protests near the airport in Dhaka, carrying placards and banners asking the government to bring them back. More than 50,000 Bangladeshi workers are employed in Libya. Reuters/Andrew Biraj

Bangladeshi migrant workers evacuated from Libya wait in a chartered bus after arriving at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka March 2,2011. A total of 528 Bangladeshis, who crossed the Libyan border into neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia amid an anti-Gaddafi revolt, returned to the country Wednesday morning with the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) local news reported. Reuters/Andrew Biraj

A female anti-government protestor takes part in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday,March 2, 2011. Yemen's embattled president on Tuesday accused the U.S., his closest ally, of instigating the mounting protests against him, but the gambit failed to slow the momentum for his ouster. Hundreds of thousands rallied in cities across Yemen against the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in the largest of the protests of the past month, including one addressed by an influential firebrand cleric, a former ally of Saleh, whom the U.S. has linked to al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Anti-government protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday,March 2, 2011. Yemen's embattled president on Tuesday accused the U.S., his closest ally, of instigating the mounting protests against him, but the gambit failed to slow the momentum for his ouster. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a protest demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March2, 2011. Reuters/Ammar Awad

Bangladeshi migrant workers evacuated from Libya chant slogans against the Bangladesh government after arriving at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airportin Dhaka March 2, 2011. A total of 528 Bangladeshis, who crossed the Libyan border into neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia amid an anti-Gaddafi revolt, returned to the country Wednesday morning with the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) local news reported. Relatives of the Bangladeshis have also staged protests near the airport in Dhaka, carrying placards and banners asking the government to bring them back. More than 50,000 Bangladeshi workers are employed in Libya. The man's shirt reads "Stop negligence of expatriates". Reuters/Andrew Biraj

A rebel holds a gun on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, on the road leading to Brega, March 2, 2011. Government troops briefly captured Marsa El Brega, an oilexport terminal, before being driven back by rebels who have controlled the town 800 km (500 miles) east of the capital Tripoli for about a week, rebel officers said. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

A rebel holds up a knife on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, on the road leading to Brega, March 2, 2011. Government troops briefly captured Marsa El Brega,an oil export terminal, before being driven back by rebels who have controlled the town 800 km (500 miles) east of the capital Tripoli for about a week, rebel officers said. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

A rebel celebrates news of rebels taking control of Brega by firing his gun in the air on outskirts of Ajdabiya, on the road leading to Brega, March 2,2011. Government troops briefly captured Marsa El Brega, an oil export terminal, before being driven back by rebels who have controlled the town 800 km (500 miles) east of the capital Tripoli for about a week, rebel officers said. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

Rebels stand around an antiaircraft weapon on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, on the road leading to Brega, March 2, 2011 Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

Rebels pray on the outskirts of Ajdabiya on the road leading to Brega March 2, 2011 Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

Anti-government protestors demand the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, rest in a tent where they are camping, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday,March 2, 2011. Yemen's embattled president on Tuesday accused the U.S., his closest ally, of instigating the mounting protests against him, but the gambit failed to slow the momentum for his ouster. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Rebels ride on top of a tank on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, on the road leading to Brega, March 2, 2011

Bangladeshi migrant workers evacuated from Libya talk to journalists from a bus window after arriving at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport inDhaka March 2, 2011. A total of 528 Bangladeshis, who crossed the Libyan border into neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia amid an anti-Gaddafi revolt, returned to the country Wednesday morning with the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) local news reported. Reuters/Andrew Biraj

An Arab journalist attends the opening of an emergency meeting among the Arab League foreign ministers held to discuss issues about Libya, at the headquartersin Cairo March 2, 2011. Arab foreign ministers called on the Libyan leadership on Wednesday to take "brave" decisions to stop violence and respect the "legitimate rights" of the people. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A Bangladeshi migrant worker evacuated from Libya talks to his relatives after arriving at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka March 2,2011. A total of 528 Bangladeshis, who crossed the Libyan border into neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia amid an anti-Gaddafi revolt, returned to the country Wednesday morning with the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) local news reported. Reuters/Andrew Biraj

This video image shows British Prime Minister David Cameron speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London Wednesday March2, 2011. Cameron says the UK has launched an operation to airlift Egyptian refugees stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian border. Cameron says the flights will take Egyptians stranded by the crisis in Libya back to their own country. He says the first flight is scheduled to leave the UK later Wednesday. (AP Photo/ PA Wire)

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa attends an emergency meeting among the Arab League foreign ministers held to discuss issues about Libya, at its headquarters in Cairo March 2, 2011. Arab foreign ministers called on the Libyan leadership on Wednesday to take "brave" decisions to stop violence and respect the "legitimate rights" of the people. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

An Palestinian protester covers his face with a keffiyeh, as he stands facing police officers on horses, during a march of Israeli right wing activists in the streets of Jaffa, a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Dozens of Israeli right wing activists marched in the streets of the mixed Jewish Arab Jaffa Wednesday, to protest against what they called 'The Islamic Movement taking control of Jaffa'. A police force separated them for Jaffa residents and left wing activists, several of whom were arrested. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Arab Revolution of 2011