THE GUARDIAN: Knocking down Gaddafi's Tripoli stronghold is seen by revolutionaries as erasing 'symbol of repression'
Libyan bulldozers began knocking down the green walls surrounding Muammar Gaddafi's main Tripoli compound, known as Bab al-Aziziya, on Sunday as the new leaders said it was time "to tear down this symbol of tyranny".
The sprawling, fortress-like compound has long been hated by Libyans who feared to even walk nearby during Gaddafi's more than four decades in power and its capture was seen as a turning point in the civil war as revolutionaries overran the capital in late August.
Ahmad Ghargory, commander of a revolutionary brigade, said the area would be turned into a public park.
"It's the revolutionary decision to tear down this symbol of tyranny," Ghargory said. "We were busy with the war, but now we have the space to do this." » | Associated Press | Sunday, October 16, 2011
