Libya: Gaddafi's Son Captured As Rebels Overrun Tripoli

22 August 2011

Saif al-Islam, powerful son of embattled Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been captured just as Libyan rebels have captured a military base defending Tripoli, the capital.

Agency reports said that rebel fighters were taking weapons and ammunition from the base west of the capital even as Rebel forces push toward Tripoli from the town of Zawiya, which they captured earlier.

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