Libya Fight Photos 2

A Libyan rebel fighter covers his his nose with a scarf from the smell of rotting corpses, many with bound wrists in the neighborhood of Abu Salim, Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. One thousand rebels bombarded buildings filled with regime fighters hiding amid civilians in a ferocious battle Thursday for Moammar Gadhafi's last major stronghold in the capital Tripoli.

Rebel fighters check the ID of captured loyalist soldier during street fighting in the Abu Salim district in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters shoot guring street fighting in the Abu Salim district in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Fighting continued to rage Thursday between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters advance towards the frontline fighting in the Abu Salim district in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters prepare to return fire, as an intense gunbattle erupted outside the Corinthia Hotel, where many foreign journalists are staying, in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2 million dollar bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination.

A rebel fighter opens fire as an intense gun battle erupted outside the Corinthia hotel, where many foreign journalists are staying, in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2 million dollar bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination.

Libyan rebels run for cover during fighting in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Intense battles raged Thursday between about 1,000 rebels surrounding 10 buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. Gadhafi, in a new audio message, called on Libyans to destroy the rebels. (AP Photo)

Libyan rebels gesture in Abu Salim district in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. An intense battle has erupted between about 1,000 rebels surrounding two buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. (Francois Mori)

Libyan rebel takes a rest on the shadow in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. An intense battle has erupted between about 1,000 rebels surrounding two buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. On car text reads " The brigade of the Martyrs Ali Al-Obeidi". (Francois Mori)

Libya's rebel flag is displayed on a burned car on a check point in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2 million dollar bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination. Speaking to a local television channel Wednesday, apparently by phone, Gadhafi vowed from hiding to fight on "until victory or martyrdom." (Francois Mori)

Telephones are seen inside a bunker in Moammar Gadhafi's main compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. NATO intelligence and reconnaissance assets are being used in the hunt to track down Moammar Gadhafi, the elusive Libyan dictator. The rebel leadership has offered a $2 million bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles in the North African nation, fleeing to an unknown destination. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters seen inside the main Moammar Gadhafi compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed Wednesday to fight on "until victory or martyrdom," as rebel fighters tried to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervous capital. Writing in Arabic on wall: 'Allah is Great'. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighter seen inside Moammar Gadhafi's main compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed Wednesday to fight on "until victory or martyrdom," as rebel fighters tried to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervous capital. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters seen at a checkpoint in downtown Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Libyans hunting Moammar Gadhafi offered a $2 million bounty on the fallen dictator's head and amnesty for anyone who kills or captures him as rebels battled Wednesday to clear the last pockets of resistance from the capital Tripoli. (Giulio Petrocco)

Libyan rebels patrol to try to find any of Moammar Gadhafi's relatives as they heard rumors that one of his sons was hiding inside a building, in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (Francois Mori)