‘Unit guarding Gaddafi joins opposition’

‘Intense fighting between troops loyal to Gaddafi and rebels ‘:

Libya: A senior Libyan opposition figure says the top military unit in charge of protecting Libya’s beleaguered dictator Muammar Gaddafi has joined the opposition fighters.Mahmoud Shammam, the Libyan opposition’s minister of information, said that the security forces’ commander “has joined the revolution and ordered his soldiers to drop their weapons,” the Associated Press reported on Monday.

On Sunday, the fighters entered the capital - Gaddafi’s last stronghold - from the west.They are said to have arrested Gaddafi’s second son, Seif al-Islam, amid reports that his eldest son Mohammad has also surrendered himself to the revolutionaries.Libya has been the scene of intense fighting between troops loyal to its embattled dictator Gaddafi and opposition forces since a revolution seeking to overthrow the Libyan regime began in mid-February.

As the fighters tighten their grip on Tripoli, the ‘Unit guarding Gaddafi joins opposition’.Mahmoud Shammam, the Libyan opposition’s minister of information .A senior Libyan opposition figure says the top military unit in charge of protecting Libya’s beleaguered dictator Muammar Gaddafi has joined the opposition fighters.

On Sunday, the fighters entered the capital - Gaddafi’s last stronghold - from the west.They are said to have arrested Gaddafi’s second son, Seif al-Islam, amid reports that his eldest son Mohammad has also surrendered himself to the revolutionaries. Libya has been the scene of intense fighting between troops loyal to its embattled dictator Gaddafi and opposition forces since a revolution seeking to overthrow the Libyan regime began in mid-February.

As the fighters tighten their grip on Tripoli, the city’s residents are also being called on to rise up against the despot.Gaddafi has, however, said the regime will ‘emerge victorious’. Press TV