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parts of the Libyan capital to resist the latest attempt to prevent the rebels tightened their hold on the city

street battles continue to rage in parts of Tripoli after Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the death and his supporters campaigned rearguard with snipers , mortars and rockets in a final attempt to stop the rebels consolidate control in the Libyan capital.

One day after the rebels celebrated the capture of the fortress of the plan at Bab al-Aziziyah, the compound came under heavy fire in the area of ??pro-Gaddafi Abu Salim and forests through the zoo of the city, the rebels said they were "infested" with snipers. The green flags, a symbol of the deposed regime and armed pro-Gaddafi could still see in front of a large building on the edge of forests once used by Saif al-Islam, a son of Gaddafi, to receive guests.

loyal to Gaddafi, who said that the rebels were mostly of Arab mercenaries also fired on the road to Tripoli airport.

Rebels said 400 people were killed or injured in the 2000 Battle of Tripoli yet.

Beyond the capital, rebel column approached the coastal town of Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown, where loyal troops fired Scud missiles in the rebel city of Misrata.

It was not clear if the fight was a desperate last stand or launch a guerrilla campaign for a "stay-behind" force, the model of the tactics of Saddam Hussein and his lieutenants used in Iraq in 2003.

a pro-Qaddafi statements transmitted by the radio station ousted leader, saying he had "quietly" swept the capital and "did not feel that Tripoli was in danger." He stated that the withdrawal of its citadel, Bab al-Aziziyah was a tactical move and vowed to fight to the death, calling on his supporters to "cleanse" Tripoli "demons and traitors."

However, in another blow to Gaddafi, the Deputy Foreign security in the Libyan intelligence service, General Mohammed Khalifa Ali and Health Minister Mohammed Hijazi, said his allegiance to the forces rebels interview broadcast on Al-Arabiya television. They are among a growing number of Libyan officials who have switched sides since the rebels have been imposed.

"I get to serve the nation and called on the generals and soldiers who are the son of Libya to join the revolution of February 17," Ali said in an interview with the satellite channel based in Dubai.

In London, Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has repeated his assertion that the struggle is "the agony" of the plan. "I think it's time for Colonel Qaddafi to stop issuing crazy statements and to recognize what happened, that control of the country will not return, said in a statement." "You should tell your forces and is now reduced to resign."

battalion commander in charge of defending the entrance to the city, Eshkal Muhammad is said by another official of the NTC for agreeing not to resist, because Gaddafi had ordered the death of his cousin 20 years.
A U.S. official said the report confirms that the Special Forces of Qatar has helped lead the assault rebel Bab al-Aziziyah, and counselors British, French and Italians had played a significant role.