The Arab Revolution of 2011

A Libyan worker directs the unloading of humanitarian aid from a ship coming from Benghazi, at the port of Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Libyan youth mans a checkpoint in the streets of Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Libyans drive through sand barricades at the streets of Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gestures, as he is surrounded by members of the media, after a meeting with a delegation of five African leaders at his Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi shakes hands with a man as he travels in a convoy through the streets of Tripoli in this still image taken from video April 14, 2011. REUTERS/Libyan State TV via Reuters TV
Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros walks through the streets on an unspecified date in 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he was being treated said, April 20, 2011. He had suffered brain injuries. The photographers were among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the centre of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. REUTERS/Getty Images/Handout (
Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros walks at the ruins of a building in southern Beirut, Lebanon August 21, 2006. Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he was being treated said, April 20, 2011. He had suffered brain injuries. The photographers were among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the centre of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. REUTERS/Getty Images/Handout
Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros stands in front of a burning building while on assignment in Misrata, Libya April 18, 2011. Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he was being treated said, April 20, 2011. He had suffered brain injuries. The photographers were among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the centre of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. REUTERS/Getty Images/Handout
MISRATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: A Libyan rebel fighter fires into a basement during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that fought back instead of surrendering, firing on the rebels in the building and seriously wounding two of them during the standoff. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
In this undated photo, Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros is seen in Afghanistan. Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he was being treated said, April 20, 2011. He had suffered brain injuries. The photographers were among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the centre of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. REUTERS/Getty Images/Handout
MISRATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: A Libyan rebel fighter covers a burning room containing ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that fought back instead of surrendering, firing on the rebels in the building and seriously wounding two of them during the standoff. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
MISRATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: A Libyan rebel fighter runs up a burning stairwell during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them from an upstairs room during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that fought back instead of surrendering, firing on the rebels in the building and seriously wounding two of them during the standoff. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros poses for a portrait in a recent but otherwise undated photo. Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he was being treated said, April 20, 2011. He had suffered brain injuries. The photographers were among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the centre of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. REUTERS/Getty Images/Handout
MISRATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: Libyan rebel fighter rolls a burning tire into a room containing ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that fought back instead of surrendering, firing on the rebels in the building and seriously wounding two of them during the standoff. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
MISRATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: A Libyan rebel fighter quickly rounds a corner and fires on trapped government loyalist troops a few meters away during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that fought back instead of surrendering, firing on the rebels in the building and seriously wounding two of them during the standoff. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
MISRATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: Rebel fighters carefully move up a stairway in a building where they had trapped government loyalist troops during street fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that rebel troops surrounded, firing on the rebels from upper-floor positions instead of surrendering. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
MISURATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: Rebel fighters carefully move into a building where they had trapped government loyalist troops during street fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata April 20, 2011 in Misurata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that rebel troops surrounded, firing on the rebels from upper-floor positions instead of surrendering. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
MISRATA, LIBYA - APRIL 20: Libyan rebel fighters carry out a comrade wounded during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them from a building (background) during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that fought back instead of surrendering, firing on the rebels in the building and seriously wounding two of them during the standoff. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Photographer Tim Hetherington (R) and writer Sebastian Junger are shown in this undated handout image during an assignment for Vanity Fair Magazine at 'Restrepo' outpost in Afghanistan. Hetherington, the co-director of Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo," died in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata on April 20, 2011, doctors said. He was among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the centre of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. REUTERS/Tim A Hetherington/Handout
A Libyan female member of Moamer Kadhafi's forces guards a checkpoint at a street in Tripoli. (AFP/Joseph Eid)
A Libyan rebel enters a building, believing to have captured from troops loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi on Tripoli Street in the city of Misrata. France and Italy joined Britain on Wednesday in sending military advisers to insurgent-held eastern Libya, as Tripoli warned that a foreign troop deployment would only prolong the conflict. (AFP/Phil Moore)
Libyan soldiers loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi are seen in the city of Gueriane, 180km north of Tripoli, April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
Libyan soldiers loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi are seen in the city of Gueriane, 180km north of Tripoli, April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
Libyan soldiers loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi are seen in the city of Gueriane, 180km north of Tripoli, April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
Filmmaker Tim Hetherington who made the documentary 'Restropo' arrives at the 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Hollywood, California in this January 14, 2011 file photo. Hetherington, the co-director of Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo," died in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata on April 20, 2011, doctors said. He was among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the centre of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/Files