Closing in on Gaddafi: Rebels

Other rebel officials have said they believe the fallen strongman has taken refuge in the Abu Salim area in the south of the capital an area that saw clashes in recent days.

Rebel fighters have said earlier this week that they thought they had Gaddafi cornered but these reports have turned out to be inaccurate,or at least premature.

Meanwhile,British warplanes struck a large bunker in Gaddafis hometown of Sirte,his largest remaining stronghold,Friday as NATO turned its attention to loyalist forces battling advancing Libyan rebels in the area.

In London,British Defence Secretary Liam Fox said some elements of Gaddafis regime were in Sirte where they are still continuing to wage war on people.

As rebels said they had begun to transfer their administration from Benghazi to Tripoli,Mahmoud Jibril,the de facto rebel prime minister,renewed an appeal for release of frozen Libyan assets. The UNSC late Thursday approved an immediate infusion of 1.5 billion that US seized.