Some sources couple of hours ago were saying Gaddafi could be heading sooner than expected to Venezuela. I don't know how reliable this story is.
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Reuters has filed this report about claims that anti-government activists and others in Tripoli are being hit from the air:
Tripoli residents gave conflicting reports on Monday, with some saying they could hear gunfire in the Libyan capital and a political activist telling Al Jazeera warplanes were bombing the city.
"We don't know what is going on, all we can hear are occasional gunshots," one resident who lives near the city's central Green Square told Reuters.
"I just hear gunshots sometimes. I am at home guarding my family because the situation is unstable. No one knows what will happen," another resident said.
But Adel Mohamed Saleh, who called himself a political activist in Tripoli, said the aerial bombing had initially targeted a funeral procession.
"What we are witnessing today is unimaginable. Warplanes and helicopters are indiscriminately bombing one area after another. There are many, many dead," Saleh told al Jazeera television in a live broadcast.
"Our people are dying. It is the policy of scorched earth." he said. "Every 20 minutes they are bombing."
Asked if the attacks were still happening he said: "It is continuing, it is continuing. Anyone who moves, even if they are in their car they will hit you."
There was no independent verification of the report but Fathi al-Warfali, the Libyan activist who heads the Swiss-based Libyan Committee for Truth and Justice, who was taking part in a protest outside U.N. European headquarters in Geneva said he had heard the same reports.
"Military planes are attacking civilians, protesters in Tripoli now. The civilians are frightened," al-Warfali told Reuters.
Tripoli residents gave conflicting reports on Monday, with some saying they could hear gunfire in the Libyan capital and a political activist telling Al Jazeera warplanes were bombing the city.
"We don't know what is going on, all we can hear are occasional gunshots," one resident who lives near the city's central Green Square told Reuters.
"I just hear gunshots sometimes. I am at home guarding my family because the situation is unstable. No one knows what will happen," another resident said.
But Adel Mohamed Saleh, who called himself a political activist in Tripoli, said the aerial bombing had initially targeted a funeral procession.
"What we are witnessing today is unimaginable. Warplanes and helicopters are indiscriminately bombing one area after another. There are many, many dead," Saleh told al Jazeera television in a live broadcast.
"Our people are dying. It is the policy of scorched earth." he said. "Every 20 minutes they are bombing."
Asked if the attacks were still happening he said: "It is continuing, it is continuing. Anyone who moves, even if they are in their car they will hit you."
There was no independent verification of the report but Fathi al-Warfali, the Libyan activist who heads the Swiss-based Libyan Committee for Truth and Justice, who was taking part in a protest outside U.N. European headquarters in Geneva said he had heard the same reports.
"Military planes are attacking civilians, protesters in Tripoli now. The civilians are frightened," al-Warfali told Reuters.
A prominent Egyptian cleric, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has called for a fatwa against Muammar Gaddafi.
He made a public statement tonight that any Libyan soldier who has the opportunity should shoot and kill the Libyan leader.
However, he is also arguably the most influential Sunni Muslim cleric in the world and has regularly spoken in the past in support of democracy.
He made a public statement tonight that any Libyan soldier who has the opportunity should shoot and kill the Libyan leader.
However, he is also arguably the most influential Sunni Muslim cleric in the world and has regularly spoken in the past in support of democracy.
Get some sleep man 
You'll read all about it tomorrow.
You'll read all about it tomorrow.
The story of those two Libyan air force pilots who apparently defected earlier to Malta is becoming ever more fascinating.
Al Jazeera has spoken to one of its correspondents on the island, who said the pilots have claimed they came so close to carrying out their mission to bomb anti-Gadaffi demonstrators that they could see the crowds on the ground.
They have reportedly passed on "classified" information about the movements and actions of the Libyan military to Malta.
Eric Montfort, a journalist on the island, has been in touch with the Guardian to tell us that the MiG fighters which apparently defected to Malta are among the most prized in Libya's fighter plane force.
Al Jazeera has spoken to one of its correspondents on the island, who said the pilots have claimed they came so close to carrying out their mission to bomb anti-Gadaffi demonstrators that they could see the crowds on the ground.
They have reportedly passed on "classified" information about the movements and actions of the Libyan military to Malta.
Eric Montfort, a journalist on the island, has been in touch with the Guardian to tell us that the MiG fighters which apparently defected to Malta are among the most prized in Libya's fighter plane force.
