2011 LIBYA - Six Months of Civil WaR

3. A rebel fighter raises his arms as a convoy of residents flee fighting between the rebels and government forces loyal to Gadhafi near the coastal town of Zawiyah, 30 miles west of Tripoli, Aug. 14. Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the center of the town on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months. - Bob Strong / Reuters

4. A rebel fighter holds money and documents seized from a man they said is a Libyan army soldier. right, at a checkpoint in the coastal town of Zawiyah, Aug, 14. - Bob Strong / Reuters

5. A rebel fighter, with ammunition wrapped around his neck, waits at a checkpoint in Zawiyah, Aug. 14. - Bob Strong / Reuters

6. A doctor holds a bullet which was removed from the head of a female civilian who was shot by a sniper while riding in a car, at the Bir Muammar Hospital on the outskirts of Zawiyah, on August 15, 2011. Rebels who attacked the strategic town of Zawiyah on Saturday lost at least six men on Monday as they continue to clear snipers and other pro-government forces. (Reuters/Bob Strong)

7. A Libyan man, after a shelling attack that struck mostly civilians in Zawiya, western Libya, on August 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)

8. In this Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 photo, a worker modifies a civilian pick-up truck into a military vehicle, adding weapons and reinforcements, in Zintan, western Libya. Zintan has become the nerve center of what is emerging as the rebels' most promising front in their campaign to oust Gadhafi: an attempt to flank the grinding deadlock in the center of the country with an assault from the far west. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco

9. Nada Hamada, 10, wearing a pre-Gadhafi flag, prepares to eat at a public meal during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Aug. 14. Muslims around the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. - Alexandre Meneghini / AP

10. Libyan rebels protect a captured enemy sniper from retaliation near Zawiya in western Libya, on August 13, 2011. After some moment of tension the prisoner, whose name has not been released yet, was put in a car and driven toward Zintan. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco

11. French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle sails toward the southern French port of Toulon, on August 12, 2011. The vessel, France's only aircraft carrier and Europe's biggest warship, has returned home for maintenance from the NATO-led mission over Libya. (Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images)

12. Libyan rebel fighters in Shalghouda talk to a man who identified himself as Libyan Army Brigadier General al-Hadi al-Ujaili, right, after he was captured by rebels in the nearby village of Nasr on Aug. 12. Al-Ujaili claimed that 70 percent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold Tripoli still supports him and he is in no danger of falling anytime soon. -Bob Strong / Reuters

13. Black smoke rises from the Brega petrochemical facility area of the oil rich port on August 15, 2011, as battles between rebel forces and those loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi continue west of the town. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

14. A Libyan rebel evacuates a wounded man after a shelling attack that struck mostly civilians in Zawiya, western Libya, on August 15, 2011. (AP Photo / Giulio Petrocco)

15. A Libyan man prays Aug. 11 inside a memorial museum for people who lost their lives during the battle for control of Misrata, the third-largest city in Libya. The port city of 500,000 has been the scene of the fiercest fighting in the near 6-month-old conflict and it continues to see a near daily rain of fire from Moammar Gadhafi's rockets. - Giovanni Diffidenti / AFP - Getty Images

16. Dozens of residents from Majar, Libya, display photos of dead relatives and leader Moammar Gadhafi on Aug. 11 as they protest in front of the Hungarian Embassy in Tripoli. They were demonstrating two days after a NATO bombing that the Libyan government claims killed 85 civilians in Majar. The Hungarian Embassy represents US and European Union interests in Libya to demand a stop to the NATO bombings. - Dario Lopez-Mills / AP

17. A man, wearing a t-shirt with the design of U.S. flag, takes part on Friday prayers at the main square of the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, on August 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

18. In this photo taken during a government-organized meeting between villagers from Majar and local media at a hotel, Ayah Attieh, 5, pauses as she speaks to the media in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. Attieh is one of the survivors of the August 9 NATO airstrike that killed 85 civilians, according to the Libyan government. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

19. A rocket is fired during fighting with forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on August 6, as rebels advance on the town of Bir Ghanam which the commanders said they eventually captured, 50 miles south of the Libyan capital Tripoli.- Florent Marcie / AFP - Getty Images

20. LIBYA A front-line rebel position overlooks the Qaddafi-held town of Bir Ghanam in western Libya, on August 5, 2011. When Libyan rebels pushed government forces out of a cement plant in Bir Ghanam last month and set up a position about 80 km (50 miles) from Tripoli, victory seemed within reach. But the men -- who hold the rebel position closest to the Libyan capital -- were finding it hard to advance a few hundred metres, let alone reach Muammar Qaddafi's main stronghold. (Reuters/Bob Strong)

21. Florent Marcie / AFP - Getty Images A fighter loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is captured by rebel forces on Aug. 6, as they advance on the town of Bir Ghanam, which according to the rebel commanders was eventually captured, 50 miles south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Picture received Aug. 7.

22. The night skies are lit as one of several powerful blasts rocked the Fernej district of southwest Tripoli, on August 9, 2011. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)

23. The tanker Cartagena docked in the sea port of the rebel-held city of Benghazi, Libya, on August 4, 2011. The Libyan tanker, belonging to the Libyan government's shipping arm and reported to have been seized by rebels opposing Muammar Qaddafi off Malta, entered the rebel-held port of Benghazi having been cleared to proceed by NATO ships enforcing an arms embargo, a NATO official said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

24. ibyan rebels come under fire at an intersection beyond Bir Ghanam during fighting with forces loyal to Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi, 50 miles southwest of the Libyan capital Tripoli on August 6. - colin Summers / AFP - Getty Images

25. A man rests in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, on August 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

26. Amir Brean, 4, plays in a public playground at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, on August 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

27. The graves of Libyan rebels killed fighting Muammar Qaddafi's government forces line a hillside in a cemetery in Nalut, in Libya's Western Mountains, on August 3, 2011. (Reuters/Bob Strong)

28. LIBYA In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, souvenirs of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi are displayed for sale in downtown in Tripoli, Libya on August 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

29. Men sit down to eat after breaking the fast on the evening of the first day of Ramadan in Benghazi on August 1. From Syria to Libya and Egypt, the uprisings and unrest gripping the Arab world have cast a pall on the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month when the traditional focus on piety will likely be eclipsed by more unrest. - Sergey Ponomarev / AP

30. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, center, head of the Libyan rebels' National Transition Council, announces the death of rebel commander Abdel-Fattah Younis in Benghazi on July 28. - Sergey Ponomarev / AP

31. Female bakers prepare pastries and sweets with the colors of the former Libyan flag, used by the rebels, at a bakery in Benghazi on July 25. Civil war or not, every year the holy Muslim month of Ramadan must be respected and the bakers of Benghazi are working overtime to meet demand. - Gianluigi Guercia / AFP - Getty Images

32. Members of the first batch of Libyan female volunteers who trained to take up arms, hold up their rifles during a graduation ceremony in Benghazi [Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters]

33. Libyan rebel fighters shout religious slogans and carry a picture of Younes during his funeral on July 29. At his grave, Younes' son shouted: 'We want Muammar to come back! We want the green flag back', the Associated Press reported [Gianluigi Guercia/AFP]

34. A young man stands on a street light during a pro-government rally in Tripoli, July 28 [Caren Firouz/Reuters]

35. A Libyan rebel fighter plays a traditional oud instrument after rebels took control of the southwest village of Gazaia on July 28 [Alessio Romenzi/AFP]

36. Libyan rebel fighters move a tank into position at a checkpoint near the town of Nalut in western Libya on July 29 [Bob Strong/Reuters]

37. Rebel fighters make a rocket launcher from steel pipes in a workshop in Zintan, western Libya [Colin Summers/AFP]

38. Colin Summers / AFP - Getty Images A rebel fighter carries a rocket at the front line near Qawalish on July 24.

39. A rebel fighter takes cover during fighting with government forces in the village of Josh, at the foot of the Nafusa mountain range, western Libya [Colin Summers/AFP]

40. Libyan rebels fire an anti-aircraft gun at government forces during a heavy sandstorm near the village of Tiji in western Libya, on July 31, 2011. Heavy fighting continued for a third day as rebel forces attempted to oust pro-Gaddafi troops from the strategic western plains. (Reuters/Bob Strong)

41. A girl waves a flag at a rally in support of Muammar Gaddafi in central Tripoli on July 31 [Caren Firouz/Reuters]

42. Armed Gaddafi supporters show their support during a rally in central Tripoli on July 31. After the uprising began in February, Gaddafi said that he would 'arm the people' to defeat the protesters [Caren Firouz/Reuters]

43. A trio of camels look out from behind a palm tree in the deserted town of Ghazaia in western Libya on July 31 - soon after it came under rebel control [Bob Strong/Reuters]

44. EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOURA giant image of Moammar Gadhafi is unveiled at Green Square in central Tripoli on July 22. - Ismail Zitouni / Reuters

45. Civilians who have volunteered to join the rebel army take part in training exercises in Geminis on July 21. - Esam Omran al-Fetori / Reuters

46. Women sit in the surf at a beach in Tripoli on July 20. . - Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP

47. Libyan children play during a ceremony at a school in the rebel-held city of Misrata on July 18. - Thaier al-Sudani / Reuters

48. Sergey Ponomarev / AP - A medic treats a wounded rebel fighter at a hospital in rebel-held Ajdabiya on July 18. European Union foreign ministers on Monday condemned the "grave violations of human rights" perpetrated by the Gadhafi's regime, saying the Libyan leader must relinquish power immediately.

49. Yogorten Glize, left, and Salem Boras read the news from the broadcasting studio of Radio Nafusa al-Hurra (Free Nafusa Radio) in Jadu in western Libya on July 17. The radio station, which can be heard from the Nafusa Mountains to Tripoli, broadcasts from the Berber community of Jadu both in Arabic and in Amazigh, the ancient language of the Amazigh people.-Marco Longari / AFP - Getty Images

50. A Libyan rebel fighter, photographed some 18 km (11 mi) west of Ajdabiyah, on July 14, 2011. (Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori)