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A Libyan anti-government fighter shows a graffiti depicting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and the legend written in Arabic 'The oppressor dictator', attheir outpost 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)

Libyan protesters tear a poster of leader Moamer Kadhafi in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi as world powers ramped up the pressure on Kadhafi'sregime. The United States said it received word Monday that Libya has got rid of its ambassador in Washington after he defected to the opposition, and has now replaced him with a regime supporter. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Libyan soldiers from forces that defected against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi pose in front of a newly painted flag of the former royal family outsidea military base in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

A Libyan defector from the Libyan Army who is now part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi handles ammunition at a military base in Benghazi,in eastern Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

A Libyan rebel that is a member of forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stands on the roof of a truck carrying seized weapons as it arrives ata miltary base in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

A Libyan soldier from forces that defected against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi fires his automatic weapon in the air outside a military base in Benghazi,eastern Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Libyan soldiers from forces that defected against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi sit on an anti-aircraft battery outside a military base in Benghazi, easternLibya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Libyan militia members who are now part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi organize ammunition at a military base in Benghazi, in easternLibya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Egyptians family sit near their belongings at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February28, 2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Italy's biggest bank UniCredit, in which Libyan authorities hold a 7.5 percent stake, said Monday it is "watching the situation" in lightof new UN sanctions against the regime of Moamer Kadhafi. (AFP/File/Damien Meyer)

Libyan anti-Kadhafi protesters wave their old national flag while standing atop an abandoned army tank in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi as worldpowers ramped up pressure on Kadhafi's regime. A military no-fly zone over Libya is unlikely to get off the ground as several allies are balking at the plan, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Monday. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

A general view of an oil refinery of the Sirte Libyan oil national company in Brega, 200 kms west of the eastern city of Benghazi, on February 26. Libya'sopposition said Monday it was resuming oil exports suspended during anti-regime protests and had loaded a tanker with one million barrels of crude for China. (AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)

Pro-Gadhafi security forces are seen on a rooftop at the Sabratha archaeological site, which foreign journalists visited on a government-provided tour,in Sabratha, Libya Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Gadhafi supporters said Monday that they were in control of the city of Sabratha, west of Tripoli, which has seemed to vacillate between the two camps over the past week, with some anti-Gadhafi graffiti scrawled on walls being painted over by residents. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) An Egyptian evacuee hold his child as he sits next to their belongings in front of a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdirafter fleeing unrest in Libya February 28, 2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Egyptians wait for transportation at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February 28,2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Egyptians carrying their belongings walk at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February28, 2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Egyptians wait to enter a tent at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February 28, 2011.People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

An Egyptian fully covered with blanket lies down next to his belongings as they wait for transportation at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisianborder crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February 28, 2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Egyptians sleep at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February 28, 2011. People in Tunisiaand Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

A Libyan boy sits in front of a graffiti depicting Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Benghazi, east of Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United Statespressed its European allies on Monday to set tough sanctions on the Libyan government, while doubts emerged about the feasibility of a proposed no-fly zone to prevent Moammar Gadhafi's regime from launching aerial attacks against protesters. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Sudanese evacuees who fled the unrest in Libya arrive at Khartoum airport February 28, 2011. The plane carrying more than 500 Sudanese evacuees arrivedin Khartoum via Egypt on Monday. Sudan's foreign ministry estimates there are around half a million Sudanese living in Libya. Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Protesters carry a defaced depiction of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration organized by students and supporters of the Shi'ite Amal movement against him and to express solidarity for Libyan protesters, near the U.N. headquarters in Beirut, February 28, 2011. Reuters/Sharif Karim

Lebanese school students burn pictures of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as they carry portraits of Shiite cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr, who went missing with his two companions during an official visit to Libya in 1978, during a protest organized by the Shiite Amal movement to demand that Gadhafi reveal the facts surrounding al-Sadr's disappearance and in support of the Libyan anti-government protestors, near the U.N. headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese school students carry pictures of Shiite cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr, who went missing with his two companions during an official visit to Libyain 1978, as they display two pictures of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on the ground with an Arabic writing that reads: 'You enemy of Islam, confess, where is kidnapped Imam,' during a protest near the U.N. headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. The demonstration was organized by the Shiite Amal movement to demand that the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi reveals the facts around al-Sadr disappearance and in support of the Libyan people. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The Arab Revolution of 2011