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Protesters tear and burn a poster with a defaced depiction of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration organized by students and supportersof 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

A woman, amember of the anti-war organization 'Women in Black', holds a banner reading 'Solidarity with our sisters - Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran', duringthe organization's anti-war protest in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Feb 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Protesters tear and burn a poster with a defaced depiction of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration organized by students and supportersof 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

A protester steps on a poster with a defaced depiction of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration organized by students and supporters ofthe Shi'ite Amal movement against him and to express solidarity for Libyan protesters, near the U.N. headquarters in Beirut, February 28, 2011. Reuters/ Mohamed Azakir

German riot police stand in front of demonstrators who protest against the regime of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi in front of Libyan Embassy in Berlin,February 28, 2011. Several persons entered the Libyan Embassy and were removed by the police from the compound. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Libyan youths chant anti-Gaddafi slogans in the Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli February 28, 2011. About 400 people protested against Libyan leader MuammarGaddafi in the Tajoura district in the east of the capital Tripoli on Monday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Soon after, several sports utility vehicles pulled into the square where the protest was taking place and the occupants, wearing green bandanas, jumped out and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

A Libyan youth spray paints anti-Gaddafi graffiti in the Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli February 28, 2011. About 400 people protested against Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi in the Tajoura district in the east of the capital Tripoli on Monday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Soon after, several sports utility vehicles pulled into the square where the protest was taking place and the occupants, wearing green bandanas, jumped out and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

A Libyan youth chants anti-Gaddafi slogans in the Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli February 28, 2011. About 400 people protested against Libyan leader MuammarGaddafi in the Tajoura district in the east of the capital Tripoli on Monday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Soon after, several sports utility vehicles pulled into the square where the protest was taking place and the occupants, wearing green bandanas, jumped out and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

A Libyan youth spray paints anti-Gaddafi graffiti in the Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli February 28, 2011. About 400 people protested against Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi in the Tajoura district in the east of the capital Tripoli on Monday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Soon after, several sports utility vehicles pulled into the square where the protest was taking place and the occupants, wearing green bandanas, jumped out and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

Libyan youths chant anti-Gaddafi slogans in the Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli February 28, 2011. About 400 people protested against Libyan leader MuammarGaddafi in the Tajoura district in the east of the capital Tripoli on Monday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Soon after, several sports utility vehicles pulled into the square where the protest was taking place and the occupants, wearing green bandanas, jumped out and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

Protesters chant anti-Gaddafi slogans in the Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli February 28, 2011. About 400 people protested against Libyan leader MuammarGaddafi in the Tajoura district in the east of the capital Tripoli on Monday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Soon after, several sports utility vehicles pulled into the square where the protest was taking place and the occupants, wearing green bandanas, jumped out and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi stand on alert next to an anti-air craft machine gun, as they watch the coast in case any Libyan navy attack, in Benghazi,Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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 protes

Protesters chant anti-Gaddafi slogans in the Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli February 28, 2011. About 400 people protested against Libyan leader MuammarGaddafi in the Tajoura district in the east of the capital Tripoli on Monday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Soon after, several sports utility vehicles pulled into the square where the protest was taking place and the occupants, wearing green bandanas, jumped out and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen stand on alert next to an anti-air craft machine gun, as they watch the cost in case any Libyan navy attack,in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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) Libyan citizens look on as anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen prepare an anti-air craft machine gun, at the coast side, in Benghazi, Libya, on MondayFeb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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)

Libyan citizens look on as anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen prepare an anti-air craft machine gun, at the coast side, in Benghazi, Libya, on MondayFeb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen prepare an anti-air craft machine gun at the coast side, in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The UnitedStates pressed 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)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen stand on alert next to an anti-aircraft machine gun, as they watch the coast side in case any Libyan navy attack,in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunman holds bullets of anti-aircraft machine gun, in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressedits 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)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen sit on their vehicle carrying a heavy anti-aircraft machine gun, in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011.The United States pressed 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)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen walks at a military base where they collect anti-aircraft machine guns to maintain and prepare them for any attackcomeing from the west country, in Benghazi, east of Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen load bullets at a military base where they collect anti-aircraft machine guns to maintain and prepare them forany attack come from the west country, in Benghazi, east of Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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)

A security personnel holds a picture of leader Muammar Gaddafi near a checkpoint in Tripoli February 28, 2011. Security forces fired in the air to disperse400 people protesting against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in a district of the capital Tripoli on Monday. The protest took place in the Tajoura district, in the east of Tripoli, where residents had previously reported clashes between Gaddafi opponents and forces loyal to him. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunman cleans part of a machine gun at a military base where they collect the anti-air craft machine guns to maintainand prepare them for any attack come from the west country, in Benghazi, east of Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunmen clean parts of a machine gun at a military base where they collect the anti-aircraft machine guns to maintainand prepare them for any attack come from the west country, in Benghazi, east of Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed 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)

The Arab Revolution of 2011