via guardian.co.uk
The battle for Tripoli turned into a manhunt for Muammar Gaddafi, as pockets controlled by loyalist forces dwindled rapidly and the Libyan leader's last vestiges of power fell away at the end of a 42-year dictatorship.
Libyan state television, the vehicle for relentless government propaganda throughout the Gaddafi years, went off the air as rebels seized its transmitters.
Government troops kept up resistance in some areas of the city but were pummelled by Nato warplanes, which struck at least 40 targets in and around the city in 48 hours – the most intense bombing since the air campaign started more than five months ago.
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