Libyan rebel forces advance

Libyan rebels jubilate on the front line outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya, Monday, March 28 2011.

Libyan rebels fire missiles towards forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in a location close to the town of Bin Jawad, which was seized yesterday by rebel forces, on March 28, 2011.

Libyan rebels burn an electricity equipment storage facility as they advance from the village of Harawa towards Moamer Kadhafi's hometown of Sirte on March 28, 2011 as NATO finally agreed to take over full command of military operations to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya from a US-led coalition.

Smoke billows as Libyan rebels progress westward from the town of Bin Jawad towards Moamer Kadhafi's home town of Sirte on March 28, 2011 as NATO finally agreed to take over full command of military operations to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya from a US-led coalition.

Libyan rebels pray some 120 km (75 miles) east of Sirte in eastern Libya,Monday, March 28, 2011. Rebel forces on Monday fought their way to the doorstep of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a key government stronghold guarding the road to the capital Tripoli.

Libyan boys play on a destroyed pro-Kadahfi tank on March 28, 2011 in Benghazi, the stronghold of Libya's revolutionaries, which returned to a semblance of normality, but the insurgents say it will not become the capital of a rebel state.

African women and children refugees who arrived the day before on the Italian tiny island of Linosa after fleeing Libya, get into a truck to reach the port where they will board a ferry boat to be transferred Porto Empedocle in Sicily on March 28, 2011. Three boats laden with hundreds of African migrants, mostly Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalis, fleeing Libya arrived in Italy the evening before, the first such vessels to reach Europe since the start of the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi.

Libyan rebels take cover after being ambushed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi some 120 km (75 miles) east of Sirte in eastern Libya, March 28, 2011. Rebel forces on Monday fought their way to the doorstep of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a key government stronghold guarding the road to the capital Tripoli.

A Libyan rebel waves a pre- Gadhafi flag from the back of a pickup truck on the road between between Ras Lanuf and Sirte in eastern Libya, Monday, March 28, 2011. Rebel forces bore down Monday on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a key government stronghold where a brigade headed by one of the Libyan leader's sons was digging in to defend the city and setting the stage for a bloody and possibly decisive battle.

Libyan rebels vehicles pack the road between between Ras Lanouf and Sirte in eastern Libya, Monday, March 28, 2011. Rebel forces bore down Monday on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a key government stronghold where a brigade headed by one of the Libyan leader's sons was digging in to defend the city and setting the stage for a bloody and possibly decisive battle. The writing on the truck reads "Free Libya" in Arabic.

A Belgian military technician prepares a Belgian F-16 fighter jet at Araxos airport in Kato Ahaia, Greece on Monday, March 28, 2011. Belgium is currently taking part in 'Operation Odyssey Dawn'. Approximately 150 Belgian military personnel and several Belgian jets are involved in the operation to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.

In this image taken during an organized trip by the Libyan authorities, armed Libyan soldiers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are seen on a street under their control in Mistrata, 200 kms (120 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya, Monday March 28, 2011. Exchanges of gunfire could be heard in the area, as government troops still fight insurgents controlling the center of the city. International airstrikes have battered Gadhafi's air force, armor and troops. But leaders of that effort still say it's aimed at preventing attacks on civilians, and not designed to help the rebels.

President Barack Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with military officers after he spoke on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011.