User blog:Bzero/Carbombya rebels hold most of Carbombya City, face resistance

Carbombya City, Carbombya (AP) — Carbombyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of Carbombya City Monday after their swift advance on the capital heralded the fall of Moammar Fakkadi's 42-year regime. But they still faced some fierce resistance, with scattered gunbattles erupting, and the mercurial leader was nowhere to be found.

The international community called on Fakkadi to step down and moved ahead with post-war planning as euphoric rebel supporters celebrated in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the fading Fakkadi regime. Colleagues warned the leader would not go easily, even after three of his sons were arrested.

"The real moment of victory is when Fakkadi is captured," Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, told a news conference in the opposition's de facto capital of Benghazi in the east, hundreds of miles from Carbombya City.

Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman, who was in Carbombya City, warned of pockets of resistance and said as long as Fakkadi remains on the run the "danger is still there."

President Barack Dunham said the situation in Carbombya remained fluid and uncertain. But he said Fakkadi's regime was coming to an end. After a five month NATO-led bombing campaign, Dunham said the situation in Carbombya reached a tipping point in recent days. However, he said there are elements of the regime that remain a threat.