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A Moroccan family sleeps inside a cargo area as they wait to be evacuated at a port in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011 (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) Bangladeshi workers who have been trying to leave Libya for over six days wake up in the morning in a makeshift tent as they wait to be evacuated in theeastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Bangladeshi workers who have been trying to leave Libya for over six days wake up in the morning in a makeshift tent as they wait to be evacuated in theeastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

A Syrian girl sits on her mother's lap inside a car as they wait to be evacuated in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011 (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Indian workers attempt to get on a ship leaving for Alexandria, Egypt in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011 (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency shows President Hugo Chavez speaking during his weekly TV and radio programme "Alo Presidente"from Camino de los Indios. Chavez, the closest regional ally of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, has said that he would not condemn a friend whom he does not know to be a killer. (AFP/File/

Two men set fire to a caricature of Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration in frontof the Libyan embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Feb 28, 2011. International pressure on Gadhafi to end a crackdown on opponents escalated Monday as his loyalists fought rebels holding the two cities closest to the capital and his warplanes bombed an ammunition depot in the east. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Libyan rebels deploy an anti-aircraft machine gun at a military base in Benghazi. Fears grew over the humanitarian fallout after more than six weeks ofturmoil as the United Nations stepped up warnings of a mass exodus from Libya. (AFP/Patrick Baz

Update on the latest developments as unrest continues to foment across the Arab world… (AFP/Graphic)

A man holds up a caricature of Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Feb 28,2011. International pressure on Gadhafi to end a crackdown on opponents escalated Monday as his loyalists fought rebels holding the two cities closest to the capital and his warplanes bombed an ammunition depot in the east. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A man arranges a candle during a demonstration against Libya’s leader Muammar Gadhafi in front of the Libyan embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Feb28, 2011. International pressure on Gadhafi to end a crackdown on opponents escalated Monday as his loyalists fought rebels holding the two cities closest to the capital and his warplanes bombed an ammunition depot in the east. The banner reads in Spanish; “Libya, we feel your pain, no to genocidal dictatorships, Gadhafi out. ”(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A Libyan anti-government rebel mans a heavy calibre machinegun in the eastern city of Benghazi. Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi has proclaiming in an interviewwith foreign outlets that his people loved him and would die to protect him, drawing fierce scorn from the US. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Libyan anti-government protesters mock leader Moamer Kadhafi during a rally in Benghazi. The US has branded Kadhafi "delusional" and moved navaland air forces into position around Libya, bolstering the international bid to drive the teetering strongman from power. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Libyan protesters tear up a poster of the north African leader Moamer Kadhafi in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. Rights groups say at least 1,000people have been killed in Libya in a brutal crackdown by forces loyal to Kadhafi on pro-democracy demonstrators who took to the streets nearly two weeks ago in the wake of upheavals in neighboring Egypt and Tunisia. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Benghazi demo : Libyan protesters step on a poster of leader Moamer Kadhafi in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.… (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Mocking Moamer : Libyan anti-government protesters mock leader Moamer Kadhafi during a rally in Benghazi.… (AFP/Patrick Baz)

A Libyan rebellion fighter prepares to go on a patrol in the eastern city of Benghazi. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said Monday his followers were readyto die for him as Western nations mulled military options to prevent massacres and protect thousands fleeing violence in his country. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Libyan rebels deploy an anti-aircraft machine gun at a military base in the eastern city of Benghazi. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said Monday his followerswere ready to die for him as Western nations mulled military options to prevent massacres and protect thousands fleeing violence in his country. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

People wait to collect their 500 Libyan dinars ($400) cash handouts from the government at a bank in Tripoli February 28, 2011. Libya's government,clinging to power after a popular revolt, has ordered massive cash handouts including wage increases, food subsidies and allowances, state television reported on Friday. Each family will receive 500 Libyan dinars ($400) to help cover increased food costs, and wages for some categories of public sector workers would increase by 150 percent, according to the station. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

A Libyan civilian hold anti-aircraft ammunitions at an army barrack in Benghazi where dozens of civilians registered for a civil defense training amidfears of an air raid from Tripoli. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said Monday his followers were ready to die for him as Western nations mulled military options to prevent massacres and protect thousands fleeing violence in his country. (AFP/Marco Longari

Libyan anti-government protesters wave their old national flag during a rally the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. US President Barack Obama Monday thankedCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for clamping sanctions on Libya's Moamer Kadhafi, and both leaders vowed to support sweeping change in the Middle East. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Libyan anti-government fighters gather by a fire to stay warm as they control a checkpoint on the outskirts of 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

Libyan anti-government fighters sit by a fire to stay warm as they control a checkpoint on the outskirts of 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)

Libyan anti-government fighters celebrate as they control a checkpoint on the outskirts of 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)

A Libyan anti-government fighter watches from an elevated position over the main road that leads from the capital Tripoli to the southwestern town of Nalut,Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. The town of Nalut is currently in control of the Libyan anti-government forces. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Libyans wait in line for gasoline at a gas station that was just reopened after many days closed because of the fighting between Libyan government andanti-government forces 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)

The Arab Revolution of 2011