Libya Fight Photos
 

The body of a reported Libyan fighter pilot lies in the desert March 5, 2011 near Ras Lanuf, Libya. Opposition forces pushed government troops further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. Getty

Rebel militiamen advance on the frontline against government troops on March 5, 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi further west as they took more territory towards the capital Tripoli. Getty

A rebel militiaman speaks on his mobile phone after capturing territory from government troops March 5, 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi further west as they took more territory towards the government stronghold of Surt. Getty

Rebel militiamen ride atop pickups with mounted weapons known as 'technicals' while moving towards the frontline March 5, 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed government troops further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. Getty

This image taken from video and made available by the Libyan Government Press Office on Saturday, March 5, 2011, purports to show government forces guarding over detained prisoners, some with their hands bound, in Misrata, a town near Tripoli, Libya. The Libyan Government describes the images as showing recent developments in the towns of Zawiya and Misrata. The office provided the images during an official tour in Tripoli, but no further details were given.

Suspected government agents cower from rebel militiamen after being captured on the frontline March 5, 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed government troops further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. Getty

This image taken from video and made available by the Libyan Government Press Office on Saturday, March 5, 2011, purports to show a scene at Martyr Square in Zawiya, a town near Tripoli, Libya. The Libyan Government describes the images as showing recent developments in the towns of Zawiya and Misrata. The office provided the images during an official tour in Tripoli, but no further details were given. AP

A rebel militiaman runs for cover during a government helicopter attack on the frontline March 5, 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. Getty

The bodies of anti-Gaddafi rebels who were killed during clashes between rebels and pro- Gaddafi forces in Ras Lanouf, are placed at a hospital in Ajdabia area, March 5, 2011. Rebels said they drove forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from the eastern town of Ras Lanuf on Friday, after a day of heavy battle in which they vowed to keep fighting until they reached the capital Tripoli. Reuters

An anti Libyan government fighter manages the last checkpoint at the west gate of the town of Ajdabiya 160 kms, west of Benghazi, Libya's second city on March 04, 2011, as they sought to advance their struggle against loyalists of Moamer Kadhafi. Getty

Libyan rebel fighters shout 'God is great' as they prepare to leave the oil town of Ras Lanuf to the west front on March 5, 2011 after up to ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in clashes between Libyan rebels and loyalists of Moamer Kadhafi. Getty

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, pray after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels fared better elsewhere, capturing the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

An anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, wears a scuba mask to protect his eyes from a sand storm as he loads supplies at the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

A Libyan rebel fighter mans a check point in the stronghold oil town of Ras Lanuf on March 5, 2011 where up to 10 people were killed and more than 20 wounded in clashes between opposition and loyalists of Moamer Kadhafi forces. Getty

A rebel militiaman runs near the frontline March 5, 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed government troops further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. Getty

Rebel militiamen run from a government helicopter attack on the frontline March 5, 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed government troops further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. Getty

In this Saturday, March 5, 2011 picture, an anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel holds his rocket propelled grenade launcher as he shouts slogans after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya. AP

An anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, scouts in the desert after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, celebrate after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels fared better elsewhere, capturing the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, scout the desert after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

An anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, sits at his anti-aircraft machine gun in front a refinery oil, after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

An anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, sits behind his anti-aircraft machine gun after the capture the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, scout the desert after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, scouts in the desert after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels fared better elsewhere, capturing the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

An anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, gestures after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, flashes V sign after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels fared better elsewhere, capturing the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli. AP

In this Saturday, March 5, 2011 picture, doctors at a hospital in Benghazi, Libya wash the body of a man who was killed at site of a massive explosion that occurred during the night. Hospital officials said an explosion at an ammunition depot in Libya's rebel stronghold of Benghazi exploded on Friday. AP

A defected Libyan soldier looks for body parts from people that died at the site of a massive explosion that occurred during the night in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Hospital officials say an explosion at an ammunition depot in Libya's rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Friday has killed at least 17 people. The blast destroyed one warehouse in the base and damaged a second. AP

A wounded Libyan man who was injured in an explosion lies in his hospital bed, in Benghazi, eastern Libya, on Friday March 4, 2011. An explosion at an ammunition storage facility at a military base in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, eastern Libya, on Friday, killed at least 17 people according to hospital staff, after the blast which triggered secondary explosions and hit a nearby residential area. The cause of the blast was unclear. AP

Anti-Gadhafi protesters run from tear gas fired by police as they tried to disperse the demonstration in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi fired tear gas at protesters who marched in Tripoli on Friday, calling for the Libyan leader's ouster in defiance of a fierce crackdown by regime supporters that has spread fear in the capital. AP

Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi sits on a truck with a heavy machine gun after capturing the oil town of Ras Lanuf, in eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Rebel fighters have captured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from the forces of Moammar Gadhafi, in their first military victory in a potentially long, westward march from the east of the country to the capital Tripoli hundreds of miles to the west. AP

A Libyan militiaman watches as doctors tend to his comrades at a hospital March 4, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Dozens of militiamen were reported killed and injured in an explosion at an arms depot Friday. Meanwhile, fellow rebels battled government forces of President Muammar Gaddafi to the west. Getty

Rebel fighters take cover from shelling by soldiers loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a battle near Ras Lanuf, March 4, 2011. Heavily armed rebels clashed with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Friday on the outskirts of the key oil terminal of Ras Lanuf as the head of Libya's rebel council vowed "victory or death". Reuters

Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi drive before leaving for the front-line near Ras Lanuf, west of the town of Brega, eastern Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. AP

A rebel fighter carries a cannon shell during a battle near Ras Lanuf, March 4, 2011. Heavily armed rebels clashed with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Friday on the outskirts of the key oil terminal of Ras Lanuf as the head of Libya's rebel council vowed "victory or death". The rebels were attacking a military base on the outskirts of Ras Lanuf, a major oil port on the Mediterranean Sea, which has a refinery, pipelines and a terminal, and the army responded with artillery fire and helicopters firing machine guns. Reuters

In this Friday, March 4, 2011 picture, a Libyan rebel who is part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi holds a sword as he rides in a car to the frontline near Ras Lanuf, west of the town of Brega, eastern Libya. AP

Defected Libyan soldiers and volunteers shout and cheer on the outskirts of the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi set up checkpoints in Tripoli, searching cars, ahead of planned anti-government protests Friday, raising fears of new bloodshed in the Libyan capital where a heavy crackdown the past week has spread fear among residents. AP

A rebel fighter takes cover from shelling by soldiers loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a battle near Ras Lanuf, March 4, 2011. Heavily armed rebels clashed with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Friday on the outskirts of the key oil terminal of Ras Lanuf as the head of Libya's rebel council vowed "victory or death". The rebels were attacking a military base on the outskirts of Ras Lanuf, a major oil port on the Mediterranean Sea, which has a refinery, pipelines and a terminal, and the army responded with artillery fire and helicopters firing machine guns. Reuters

A rebel fighter takes cover from shelling by soldiers loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a battle near Ras Lanuf, March 4, 2011. Heavily armed rebels clashed with forces loyal to Gaddafi on Friday on the outskirts of the key oil terminal of Ras Lanuf as the head of Libya's rebel council vowed "victory or death". The rebels were attacking a military base on the outskirts of Ras Lanuf, a major oil port on the Mediterranean Sea, which has a refinery, pipelines and a terminal, and the army responded with artillery fire and helicopters firing machine guns. Reuters

Defected Libyan soldiers and volunteers stand guard on the outskirts of the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi set up checkpoints in Tripoli, searching cars, ahead of planned anti-government protests Friday, raising fears of new bloodshed in the Libyan capital where a heavy crackdown the past week has spread fear among residents. AP