Libya: Post-Khadafy

It's been just over a month since the capture and death of Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy, ending his 42-year reign. Since then, the rebels have declared that the nation is liberated, installed a transitional government, and started the process of writing a constitution. Still, substantial problems remain. Pockets of fighting have erupted among rival tribes and some rebels have refused to give up their cache of weapons. Doctors continue to struggle to treat the wounded and sick, with a few of the most severely injured being sent to rehabilitation centers in Boston and elsewhere. Last weekend, Khadafy’s son, Seif, was captured and could face war crimes for his part in the conflict.




01. Anti-Khadafy fighters acknowledge the crowd during a review of the brigades from the eastern region to commemorate the liberation of Quiche in Benghazi Oct. 27. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)


02. A general view of buildings ravaged by fighting in Sirte, Libya. Moammar Khadafy's hometown has paid a heavy price for sheltering him and trying to push back his opponents in the final battle of Libya's civil war. The fighting and what residents describe as wanton destruction by vengeful anti-Khadafy fighters have rendered much of Sirte uninhabitable, with hundreds of homes turned into broken shells. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press)


03. Saif al-Islam Khadafy is pictured sitting in a plane in Zintan Nov. 19. Khadafy said he was feeling fine after being captured by some of the fighters who overthrew his father and he said injuries to his right hand were suffered during a NATO air strike a month ago. (Ismail Zitouny/Reuters)


04. Suspected loyalists of Moammar Khadafy stand inside a jail in Tripoli Nov. 17. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)


05. Soldiers loyal to former Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy wait in line for food at a jail in Misrata Oct. 26. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)


06. Libyan men reflected in a puddle show the V-sign for victory as they celebrate the capture of Seif al-Islam, fugitive son and one-time heir apparent of former leader Moamer Kadhafi, in the eastern city of Benghazi on Nov. 19. Seif al-Islam, 39, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court was caught in southern Libya by former rebel forces. (Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images)


07. A child stands in front of a bullet-riddled wall of her home, damaged during fighting between pro and anti-Khadafy fighters, after her family returned to Sirte Oct. 26. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


08. Pictures left by fleeing residents are seen at the entrance of the abandoned town of Tawarga. Misrata militias carried out revenge attacks on the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawarga, a stronghold of Moammar Khadafy loyalists during Libya's eight-month conflict, according to Human Rights Watch. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)


09. A young displaced Libyan girl from the city of Tawarga lives with her family in prefabricated houses set up for workers at a construction site in Tripoli on Nov. 3. Misrata militias are carrying out revenge attacks on the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawarga, a stronghold of Moammar Khadafy loyalists during Libya's eight-month conflict, according to Human Rights Watch. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)


10. In front of the pre-Khadafy Libyan flag, an unidentified Iranian medic checks blood pressure of wounded Libyan man, Ali Mohammad, during his medical treatment in Chamran hospital in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31. Hospital officials said 76 wounded Libyans arrived in the early morning of Thursday, Oct. 27, and a group of them are receiving treatment at Tehran's Chamran Hospital which is run by the Iranian Defense Ministry. (Vahid Salemi/Associated Press)


11. A Libyan man inspects his family's photo album inside his destroyed house in Sirte's sector 2 neighborhood on Nov. 6. Less then one percent of Sirte's residents have returned to the war-torn hometown of Libya's late leader Moammar Khadafy, where no festivities were witnessed this year to mark the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca on Islam's main holiday of sacrifice. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)


12. Libyan children cross the street in Sirte's sector 2 neighborhood on Nov 6. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)


13. A Libyan girl leans on a destroyed military vehicle with her holiday dress as the remnants of Sirte's residents celebrated the Eid al-Adha feast on Nov. 6. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)


14. Libya's National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil (right) meets with Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal in Tripoli during Rosenthal's official visit to Libya on Nov. 13. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)


15. The empty chair of Libya is pictured in Rabat during a meeting of Arab nations on Nov. 16. Arab nations were to meet in Morocco to further tighten the noose around an increasingly isolated Syria, as Turkey warned its onetime close ally against feeding "on the blood of the innocent". Since the Arab League's landmark decision to suspend Syria over its crackdown on protests, only the third time a member was suspended in the pan-Arab body's history. (Abdelhak SennaAFP/Getty Images)


16. Libya's National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil (center) meets the footballers during an all-star international charity football match at the Al-Ahli stadium in Dubai to raise funds for the children of Libya on Nov. 8. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)


17. Bullet cartridges litter the ground as residents give a clean sweep of the freedom square in the center of Sirte after returning to their houses in Sirte Nov. 1. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


18. Members of Moammar Khadafy's tribe stand next to the destroyed graves of Khadafy's mother, uncle and two other relatives in Wadi Jaref, located on the outskirts of Sirte, Oct. 29. The tribesmen said the graves were dug out by anti-Khadafy fighters, 15 days before Khadafy died. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


19. A woman holds the flag of Libya during a ceremony honoring the field commanders of the Eastern Front in Benghazi Oct. 29. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)


20. A horseman, wearing traditional Zintan clothes, celebrates the liberation of Libya in the Western Mountains, 160 kilometres southwest of the capital of Tripoli, Nov. 15. (Ismail Zitouny/Reuters)


21. The orchestra of the National Army loyal to Libya's new rulers take part in a military parade Nov. 2 organized by the municipality of Tripoli to celebrate the ouster of former leader Moammar Khadafy. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)


22. A man climbs up a street lamp to hang the new Libyan flag during celebrations after three days of clashes among rival communities in Al-Zahra 32.2 km (20 miles) west of Tripoli Nov. 14. Despite continued gunfire and explosions near Tripoli Libyan officials and fighters said a bloody local dispute that has strained nerves in the city for three days was being resolved. Compared to exchanges of rockets and machine gun fire in which medics said at least seven fighters were killed. Clashes were limited a result, officials said, of a deal among leaders from the capital and rival communities from the town of Zawiyah and clan leaders of the Wershifanna tribe. (Ismail Zitouny/Reuters)


23. Teams from Libya's National Transitional Council collect unexploded ordnance buried underground by the Khadafy regime at a military base in Tajura, about 30 km (19 miles) east of Tripoli Nov. 16. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)


24. Two African immigrants dance outside a building they occupy at the Janzur Port makeshift refugee camp in Sidi Bilal , just outside Tripoli on Oct. 25. A community of more than one thousand African immigrants have occupied the run down structure once used by an elite diving unit of the Libyan Navy as a training field. They came from all over the country at the beginning of the revolution in February and sought refuge in the abandoned structure, awaiting an uncertain future in Libya or facing the risks of deportation. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)


25. A man smiles after receiving bread from some volunteers in Sirte Oct. 31. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


26. Libyan women check their house which had been burnt during the conflict between rebel fighters and Khadafy loyalists, after they returned to Bani Walid Oct. 27. (Ismail Zitouny/Reuters)


27. Children play on a 155mm howitzer that belonged to former Khadafy regime forces, in Misrata Oct. 27. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)


28. Libya's Justice Minister Mohammed Al-Alagi cuts a cake with others to celebrate the liberation of Libya in Tripoli Oct. 2. (Ismail Zitouny/Reuters)


29. A parachutist prepares to land at a rally in Tripoli Nov. 16. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)


30. Crates containing shells and hand rockets are seen in a desert some 130 km (81 miles) south of Sirte Oct. 30. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


31. A man walks in a cemetery where soldiers loyal to former Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy are being buried in Misrata Oct. 25. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)


32. Libyans hold pictures of people who have gone missing in the civil war, during a demonstration in Benghazi Nov. 19. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)


33. Fighters from Zawiya city fire a rocket towards the Warcfana tribe at the front line of the city, about 40km (25 miles) from Tripoli Nov. 12. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


34. Fighters of Zawiya city stand at a new checkpoint at the entrance of Zawiya city, about 40km from Tripoli Nov. 11 after a fight between the fighters and Warcfana tribes. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


35. Fighters from Zawiya city prepare to head to the front line at the entrance of the city after heavy clashes between the Warcfana and Zawiya tribe, about 40km (25 miles) from Tripoli Nov. 12. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


36. Libyan fighters dance during a demonstration for their wages to be paid in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tripoli Nov. 9. (Ismail Zitouny/Reuters)


37. A woman passes by the first boat carrying travellers since February 2011 from Cyprus to Tripoli, at El Chaab sea port, in Tripoli, Nov. 10. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


38. A man shouts to maintain order as civilians in Sirte line up to receive food and daily rations donated from various cities in Libya, Nov. 3. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


39. Muslims visit the graves of relatives during the Eid al-Adha celebrations in Misrata Nov. 6. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the haj. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)


40. Tripoli's revolutionary fighters take part in a military parade in Tripoli Nov. 17. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

Libya on the brink of change

Rebels swept into the center of Tripoli over the weekend, and the end appeared to be inevitable for the 42-year reign of Moammar Khadafy as leader of Libya, but government forces were still putting up sporadic resistance in pockets of the city. The whereabouts of Khadafy were unknown. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for crimes against humanity. The six-month uprising had been marked by slow progress followed by setbacks, but moved with startling speed over the weekend. Gathered here are pictures from the last few days of the fighting and celebrations.
1. Libyan rebel fighters celebrate as they drive through Tripoli's Qarqarsh district August 22, 2011. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
2. A Libyan rebel fighter fires at positions held by regime forces during the battle for control of Zawiya, west of Tripoli, on August 19, 2011. (Florent Marcie/AFP)
3. Libyan rebel fighters react after gaining positions against regime forces in Zawiya on August 19, 2011. (Florent Marcie/AFP)
4. Pictures of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy decorate the walls of the Zawiya hospital as rebel fighters fire at regime forces taking shelter inside on August 19, 2011. (Florent Marcie/AFP)
5. Suspected members of the Libyan regime forces are rounded up in a truck by rebel fighters in Zawiya on August 19, 2011. (Florent Marcie/AFP)
6. Libyan rebels celebrate after gaining positions against regime forces in Zawiya on August 19, 2011. (Florent Marcie/AFP)
7. Libyan rebel fighters carry a comrade who was shot by a sniper in Zawiya as rebel forces staged an assault on regime forces in the city's main square on August 19, 2011. (Marc Hofer/AFP/Getty Images)
8. A man takes pictures of the bodies of pro-Khadafy soldiers killed when rebel fighters seized control of the center of the strategic coastal city of Zawiyah on August 20, 2011. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
9. Libyan rebel fighters burn a government flag in the main square after seizing control of Zawiyah on August 20, 2011. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
10. A young boy who suffered a broken arm in a missile attack stands at the entrance to the main teaching hospital after Libyan rebel fighters pushed pro-Khadafy soldiers out of Zawiyah on August 20, 2011. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
11. A doctor views the damage to the main teaching hospital after Libyan rebel fighters pushed pro-Khadafy soldiers out of Zawiyah on August 20, 2011. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
12. Tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate what the rebels claim to be the first uprising in Tripoli against the Khadafy regime on August 21, 2011 at freedom square in Benghazi, Libya. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
13. Libyans celebrate what the rebels claim to be the first uprising in Tripoli on August 21, 2011 at freedom square in Benghazi, Libya. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
14. Libyan rebels run for cover during fighting against regime forces near the Gadayem forest, west of Tripoli, on August 21, 2011. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
15. A Libyan rebel runs for cover during fighting against regime forces near the Gadayem forest, west of Tripoli, on August 21, 2011. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
16. A rebel sprays graffiti depicting Moammar Khadafy on a wall in Gadayem, west of Tripoli, on August 21, 2011. Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli as a months-long uprising pushed through the gates of the Libyan capital. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
17. Libyan rebel fighters run for cover from incoming fire as they advance through the town of Maia, 15 miles from Tripoli, on August 21, 2011. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
18. A Libyan rebel tank drives over a sand barricade as rebels advance through the town of Maia on August 21, 2011. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
19. Libyan rebels acquire arms form the captured military base "Kilometre 27" west of Tripoli on August 21, 2011. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
20. A wounded rebel fighter flashes a victory sign in the Abu-Rafat hospital on the outskirts of Zawiya, LIbya on August 21, 2011. (Sergey Ponomarev/AP)
21. A Libyan woman raises a rifle as tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate what the rebels claim to be the first uprising in Tripoli on August 21, 2011 at freedom square in Benghazi, Libya. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
22. People watch a speech by Libyan defector Abdul Salam Galod near the courthouse in Benghazi on August 21, 2011. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
23. Libyans embrace each other as tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the arrest of Moammar Khadafy's son Saif al-Islam Khadafy and the partial fall of Tripoli into the hands of the rebels on August 21, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
24. Men hold a cartoon of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy in Benghazi on August 22, 2011 as they celebrate the entry of rebel fighters into Tripoli. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
25. A man lets off fireworks near the courthouse in Benghazi on August 22, 2011 to celebrate the entry of rebel fighters into Tripoli. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
26. Tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the arrest of Moammar Khadafy's son Saif al-Islam Khadafy and the partial fall of Tripoli into the hands of the Libyan rebels on August 21, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
27. Rebels in Tajura, a suburb of Tripoli, celebrate taking control of the entire area in the early morning on August 22, 2011. (Str/AFP/Getty Images)
28. A Kingdom of Libya flag is held aloft a building as people gather near the courthouse in Benghazi on August 22, 2011 to celebrate the entry of rebel fighters into Tripoli. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
29. Libyans celebrate as rebels reach the highly symbolic Green Square in the center of Tripoli on August 22, 2011. Young men, many waving the red, black and green flag of anti-regime forces, were shouting and dancing in obvious joy. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
30. Libyan rebel fighters question a man as they search for Khadafy army soldiers in Tripoli on August 22, 2011. Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Moammar Khadafy's 42 years in power. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
31. Libyan rebel fighters embrace at the former female military base in Tripoli on August 22, 2011. (Sergey Ponomarev/AP)