Libyan rebels have taken control of a military base in the west of Tripoli, which flies the flag of the rebels, said Tuesday the Qatari television station "Al Jazeera", citing its own sources. The channel said rogue elements of the capital were able to occupy and control a military air base, located in the west of Tripoli, and which had previously placed the tricolor flag of independence, the rebels have taken as their own.
The same source added that on Tuesday there have been further clashes between protesters and security forces of the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in downtown Tripoli, without giving further details. These conflicts take place two days after an outbreak of rebellion in the neighborhood of Suq al Yuma in the west of the capital, which has remained relatively calm since the beginning of the protests on 16 February, with only a few demonstrations controlled and stifled by the regime.
For its part, the National Transitional Council (CNT), the highest governing body of the insurgents, welcomed the news from the capital. "It shows the dissatisfaction of the population in Tripoli, who also wants to get rid of the Gaddafi regime and live free like us," said Jalal al Galal, a spokesman for CNT, based in Benghazi in eastern Libya, where the revolt triumphed in late February and has since remained in the hands of insurgents.
Galal said he hopes that this time, the people of Tripoli to go out and demonstrate peacefully, and have to do with the protection of NATO. The rebel leaders have repeatedly argued that, in Tripoli and other towns controlled by Gadhafi had freedom of speech and expression, its people withdraw their support to the Government and would join the insurgents.
"We hope this is the beginning of the end," said Galal. The rebels hope that the worsening of living conditions in Tripoli with supply shortages and inflation triggered, and the NATO bombing, which has intensified its operations on the capital in recent days, may increase discontent and generate a popular uprising. 
The same source added that on Tuesday there have been further clashes between protesters and security forces of the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in downtown Tripoli, without giving further details. These conflicts take place two days after an outbreak of rebellion in the neighborhood of Suq al Yuma in the west of the capital, which has remained relatively calm since the beginning of the protests on 16 February, with only a few demonstrations controlled and stifled by the regime.
For its part, the National Transitional Council (CNT), the highest governing body of the insurgents, welcomed the news from the capital. "It shows the dissatisfaction of the population in Tripoli, who also wants to get rid of the Gaddafi regime and live free like us," said Jalal al Galal, a spokesman for CNT, based in Benghazi in eastern Libya, where the revolt triumphed in late February and has since remained in the hands of insurgents.
Galal said he hopes that this time, the people of Tripoli to go out and demonstrate peacefully, and have to do with the protection of NATO. The rebel leaders have repeatedly argued that, in Tripoli and other towns controlled by Gadhafi had freedom of speech and expression, its people withdraw their support to the Government and would join the insurgents.
"We hope this is the beginning of the end," said Galal. The rebels hope that the worsening of living conditions in Tripoli with supply shortages and inflation triggered, and the NATO bombing, which has intensified its operations on the capital in recent days, may increase discontent and generate a popular uprising.
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