An anti-Gaddafi fighter fires an RPG-7 during fighting in an area about 1 km (0.6 miles) from the centre of Sirte October 3, 2011.

Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire a vehicle-mounted rocket during fighting in an area about 1 km (0.6 miles) from the centre of Sirte October 3, 2011. The city of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast is the birth place of Gaddafi and is at the centre of a battle for control between diehard fighters loyal to Libya's deposed leader and forces with the National Transitional Council (NTC), the country's new rulers.

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters pose on the frontline in Bani Walid on October 2, 2011 as fighting raged against loyalist troops in the desert city, one of ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's two last bastions.

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters run for cover at the frontline in Bani Walid on October 2, 2011 as fighting raged against loyalist troops in the desert city, one of ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's two last bastions.

National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters ride a tank after NATO warplanes bombed the city of Sirte, on October 2, 2011. Streams of civilians fled Moamer Kadhafi's besieged home town of Sirte as the international Red Cross warned of a medical emergency and the battle for the fugitive strongman's bastion raged.

An anti-Gaddafi fighter fires an RPG-7 during fighting in an area about 1 km (0.6 miles) from the centre of Sirte October 3, 2011. The city of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast is the birth place of Gaddafi and is at the centre of a battle for control between diehard fighters loyal to Libya's deposed leader and forces with the National Transitional Council (NTC), the country's new rulers.

Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters are seen in the village of Qasr Abu Hadi, the birthplace of Moamer Kadhafi, where fighting has been raging for the past three days with diehards of the former Libyan strongman, near Sirte on October 3, 2011. The capturing of the village will be a major symbolic victory for the fighters of the country's new rulers as they battle to eradicate the last vestiges of Kadhafi's 42-year rule.