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Libyan army soldiers sit on a tank near a destroyed mosque at Martyr's Square in the centreof Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 11, 2011. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

A Libyan army soldier gestures in front of a building, draped in green cloth by supportersof leader Muammar Gaddafi, at Martyr's Square in the centre of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 11, 2011. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

A portrait of leader Muammar Gaddafi is seen on a building recaptured by government troopsat Martyr's Square in the centre of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 11, 2011. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

Martyr's Square is seen filled with supporters of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafion March 11, 2011 after its recapture by government troops (top) and during its control by rebel forces on March 1 (bottom), in the centre of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, Libyan men waltch an organized pro-Gadhafi rally on the main square of Zawiya,Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a pro-Gadhafi soldier stands in front of a drapped shelled building on the mainsquare of Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, Libyans holding a green flag walk past a pro-Gadhafi tank on the main squareof Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a pro-Gadhafi soldier smoke a cigarette on the top of a tank on the main squareof Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, pro-Gadhafi soldiers celebrate as a bus carrying media passes by, in front ofa wall on which anti-Gadhafi graffiti has been painted over, near the main square of Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

A Libyan man holds up a sign before Friday prayers in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, Libya, Friday, March 11, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy facedincreasing pressure from fellow leaders Friday who complained he was out of line to suddenly give a Libyan opposition group diplomatic recognition. Rebels held out Friday in part of a strategic oil port after fierce fighting with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists waging a heavy counteroffensive trying to push the opposition further east away from the capital. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a pro-Gadhafi fighter stands near freshly-bulldozed ground from which the bodiesof opposition dead had been exhumed, according to a resident, in the main square of Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, two women look across freshly-bulldozed ground from which the bodies of oppositiondead had been exhumed, according to a resident, as pro-Gadhafi supporters wearing green bandanas walk behind, in the main square of Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, pro-Gadhafi soldiers are towed out of Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) westof Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Dela

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a pro-Gadhafi soldier stand atop a building on the main square of Zawiya, Libya,50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, pro-Gadhafi supporters arrive by bus to make a rally in front of the media,in the main square of Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, A pro-Gadhafi supporter coaxes a child to raise his arm for the photographerduring an organized rally on the main square of Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Bullets fired by a Libyan army soldier, shooting in celebration after the recapture of Martyr'sSquare, hit the outside of a building in the centre of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 11, 2011. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a Libyan family walks across freshly-bulldozed ground from which the bodiesof opposition dead had been exhumed, according to a resident, in the main square of Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Migrant workers, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait to use phones to talk with weeps as he talks with members of theirfamilies back home, at a Red Cross/Red Crescent tent in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a pro-Gadhafi soldier sits in the turrent of a tank near the main square ofZawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, pro-Gadhafi soldiers, left and right, stand guard next to a destroyed mosquein the main square of Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

A caricature of Muammar Gaddafi is drawn in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi March 11, 2011. Like many dictators, Gaddafi carefully controlled how hisimage was used, often portraying himself as a deity or beloved leader. With the rebellion, however, freedom of expression in rebel controlled areas means that ridicule has become a key weapon in the fight against the climate of fear that has long gripped the country. Anti-Gaddafi caricatures and graffiti have sprung up across cities such as Benghazi, most of them portraying him in an unflattering light. Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly

A men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, washes himself, backdropped by tents in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyanborder, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 11, 2011. The 20,000-capacity transit camp for thousands of migrant workers who have fled the fighting in Libya in the past two weeks is about seven kilometers (four miles) from the Libyan border and is expanding with each day of crisis in Libya. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Graffiti and an exit sign are scribbled on the wall of rebel headquarters in their stronghold of Benghazi March 11, 2011. Like many dictators, Gaddaficarefully controlled how his image was used, often portraying himself as a deity or beloved leader. With the rebellion, however, freedom of expression in rebel controlled areas means that ridicule has become a key weapon in the fight against the climate of fear that has long gripped the country. Anti-Gaddafi caricatures and graffiti have sprung up across cities such as Benghazi, most of them portraying him in an unflattering light. Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, women carry a Libyan flag, on the main square of Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles)west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The Arab Revolution of 2011