Rebel city vows to fight Gaddafi

Thousands in the coastal town of Tobruk celebrated their freedom from Muammar Gaddafi by waving flags of the old monarchy, honking horns and firing guns in the air around a city square where he once executed people.

Officers in the army units that had defected to the rebellion against Libya’s leader for the past four decades pledged to defend this “liberated territory” with their lives, despite Mr Gaddafi’s threats a day earlier to retake it.