Hurricane Irene leaves flooding and destruction it its wake as ten die and millions without power while storm churns up East Coast

• Five deaths reported in North Carolina, three in Virginia and one in Maryland, including an 11-year-old child
• Surfer dies in Florida after trying to take advantage of high waves
• Residents told to stay indoors as flooding hits North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland
• Maryland warns that dam could fail threatening homes and people
• More than two million people without power as Hurricane Irene pummels North Carolina and Virginia
• Conditions ripe for tornadoes in New York City, warns National Weather Service, as twisters reported touching down in Delaware and Maryland
• Experts say biggest danger are storm surges of up to 11ft that could hit New York City
• Downgraded to category 1 storm as hurricane made landfall near Cape Lookout
• New York governor Andrew Cuomo sends 1,900 National Guard soldiers to New York City

By John Stevens and Jennifer Madison

Last updated at 7:13 AM on 28th August 2011
The destructive power of Hurricane Irene was revealed last night as at least ten people, including two children, were dead as the storm lashed North Carolina and Virginia as it charged up the East Coast toward New York.
More than two million people from South Carolina to Maryland were without power as the giant 580-mile-wide storm brought widespread flooding and high winds that knocked down power lines.
Irene's strength was downgraded to a category 1 hurricane, but as it approached New York, forcasters warned it would hit the city at or near hurricane strength.
The National Weather Service said conditions were ripe for tornadoes in the city, Long Island and southern Connecticut, as twisters were reported touching down in Delaware and Maryland.

Flooding: Two men use a boat to explore a street flooded by Hurricane Irene in Monteo, North Carolina

Washed away: The Albemarle Sound floods vehicles outside a Dairy Queen shortly after Hurricane Irene barreled through the Outer Banks in Nags Head, North Carolina

Storm: Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center rate Irene a category 1 storm with winds in excess of 85 mph (137 kph)

Jarod Wilton looks at the flood waters rising to his doorstep, in Alliance, North Carolina

Around two million people were without power in Virginia as Irene battered the region, reported state governor Bob McDonnell.
Progress Energy, North and South Carolina's utility service, said about 250,000 customers had lost electricity there.

Widespread flooding was caused by Irene pushing a giant storm surge, a wall of water, out of its way as it marched up the Atlantic Coast.
In many places, forecasters warned, the storm surge could be as destructive as the hurricane itself, flooding low-lying areas before the storm even arrives with its winds and pelting rain.
Daniel Brown, the warning coordination meteorologist for NOAA's National Hurricane Centre, said: 'Storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 4 to 8 feet above ground level within the hurricane warning area from the North Carolina/Virginia border northward to Cape Cod.'

He added: 'Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large, destructive, and life-threatening waves.'
In Maryland, authorities warned of a potential dam failure late on Saturday, they they warned 'may cause significant flooding that could threaten people, homes and roads downstream from the St. Mary's Lake Dam'.
St Mary's County Government urged residents in the immediate downstream area to move family and pets upstairs or to a high place with a means of escape.

Deaths blamed on Irene included two children, an 11-year-old boy in Virginia killed when a tree crashed through his roof and a North Carolina child who died in a crash at an intersection where traffic lights were out.

Destruction: The hurricane force winds of Irene rip the siding off of homes on Nags Head, North Carolina

Destructive path: This chart shows the forecast for the hurricane's charge up the East Coast

Warning: Despite the hurricane being downgraded to a Category 1 storm, it is still expected to have locally extreme impacts

Heeling: One of two people rescued from a sailboat, right, uses a line to make their way onto the beach on Willoughby Spit in Norfolk today

Sprawling: Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday by lashing the North Carolina coast with wind as strong as 115 mph and pounding shoreline homes with waves

Tragedy: A young boy was killed after a large tree fell onto his apartment in Newport News, Virginia. He was pronounced dead at the scene

Maze of destruction: A vehicle avoids a downed utility pole on Woodlawn St as Hurricane Irene hits Greenville, North Carolina today

A man in Onslow County, North Carolina suffered a heart attack and died while boarding up his windows, according to the Charlotte Observer. A man in Nash County was killed outside his house after he was struck by a tree limb picked up by the strong winds.
Sheriff Dick Jenkins told WRAL.com that the man, who was not identified, went to feed his animals outside his Nashville, North Carolina home, when a tree or branch fell on him.
In Florida, a surfer was killed when he was knocked off his board at New Smyrna Beach, where surfers had flocked to take advantage of 10-foot waves.
'It appears he went over a wave and might have gone head first into the ground,' Tammy Marris, a spokeswoman for the Volusia County Beach Patrol, told the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Two additional people died in car accidents in North Carolina on Saturday night as a result of the hurricane. Another man died in Chesterfield County, Virginia, after a tree fell on his home.
In Queenstown, Maryland, a woman died after a tree knocked a chimney through the roof of her home, crushing her.
Tornadoes were reported touching down in Delaware and Maryland. In Lewes, Delaware, governor Jack Markell said at least 17 homes had been damaged by a twister. In total, up to 40 houses were damaged in the town because of the storm.
The National Weather Service reported a tornado touching down in Nassau Station, Delaware, and Maryland State Police said there was an apparent tornado on the lower Eastern Shore of the state.

Full force winds: A row of beachfront houses, some condemned before the arrival of Hurricane Irene, get lashed by wind, rain, and the rising Atlantic Ocean

Danger: Homes that sit on the sand of North Carolina's beaches are in danger of collapse as strong waves from Hurricane Irene strike the coast

Under water: Waves lap at the foundation of a house along Calico Creek today in Morehead City, North Carolina

Rising: High water floods the waterfront of the downtown area as Hurricane Irene comes ashore near Morehead City, North Carolina

Running from the storm: A pedestrian crosses an open area as Hurricane Irene passes through Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina this morning

Destruction: Wayne Lanier, proprietor of the Atlantic Food Mart, carries ice into his store next to a gas canopy that was knocked over from the winds by Hurricane Irene in Surf City, North Carolina today

GLENN BECK: HURRICANE IRENE IS A 'BLESSING FROM GOD'

Controversial talk show host Glenn Beck called Hurricane Irene a 'blessing from God' on Friday, arguing the fatal storm would teach people to be better prepared for natural disasters. 
Speaking on his radio programme, he said he has been urging his audience to prepare for a 'global disruption in food'.
Beck said while some have laughed at him, the storm will prove it is vital Americans stockpile supplies in the even of a disaster.
'How many warnings do you think you're going to get and how many warnings do you deserve?' he asked.
'This hurricane that is coming thorough in the East Coast, for anyone who's in the East Coast and has been listening to me say "Food storage!" "Be prepared!" "Be somebody that can help others," you've heard me say this for years.'
'Don't be in a panic situation. If you've waited, this hurricane is a blessing. It is a blessing. It is God reminding you - as was the earthquake last week - it's God reminding you you're not in control. Things can happen. Be prepared and be someone who can help others so when disaster strikes, God forbid, you're not panicking,' he said.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo doubled the number of National Guard soldiers deployed to New York City to 1,900.
The troops, who have been mobilised from across the state, will assist with traffic control on bridges and tunnels, sandbagging operations at the World Trade Center site, evacuation shelter operations in New York, the construction of barriers for railway yards and train tunnels, and other hurricane emergency efforts.
Irene came ashore near North Carolina's Cape Lookout around 7:30am EDT, and then chugged up the coast on a north-northeast track.
The hurricane stirred up seven-foot waves, and forecasters warned of storm-surge danger on the coasts of Virginia and Delaware, along the Jersey Shore and in New York Harbor and Long Island Sound.
Across the Northeast, drenched by rain this summer, the ground is already saturated, raising the risk of flooding as well as the danger of trees falling onto homes and power lines.
Eastern North Carolina got 10 to 14 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Virginia's Hampton Roads area was drenched with at least nine inches, with 16 reported in some spots.
By late Saturday night, the storm had sustained winds of 80 mph, down from 100 mph on Friday.
That made it a Category 1, the least threatening on a 1-to-5 scale, and barely stronger than a tropical storm.
Nevertheless, it was still considered highly dangerous, capable of causing ruinous flooding across much of the East Coast with a combination of storm surge, high tides and 6 to 12 inches of rain.
Irene was moving north-northeast at 16 mph, slightly faster than it had been earlier in the day, giving it somewhat less opportunity to dump on any particular area. But a typical hurricane would be moving much faster, 25 to 30 mph, said senior hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart of the National Hurricane Center.
Moving slowly over the relatively colder water could weaken the storm, but Stewart said Irene will still likely be a hurricane when it makes landfall in the New York area around noon on Sunday.
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett warned that the state will not necessarily be out of danger once the storm has passed: 'The rivers may not crest until Tuesday or Wednesday. This isn't just a 24-hour event.'
As of Saturday evening, Irene was hugging the U.S. coastline on a path that could scrape every state along the Eastern Seaboard. Ed Rappaport, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center in Florida, said it would be a 'low-end hurricane, high-end tropical storm' by the time it crossed the New York City area late Sunday morning.
The storm is so large that areas far from Irene's center are going to be feeling strong winds and getting large amounts of rain, he said.
'It is a big, windy, rainy event,' he said.
It was the first hurricane to make landfall in the continental United States since 2008, and came almost six years to the day after Katrina ravaged New Orleans on August 29 2005.

Briefing: President Barack Obama (2nd R) listens as FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate (R) updates representatives from various U.S. safety agencies, including U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (3rdR) on Hurricane Irene

Urgency: Charlene Tyler picks up sandbags in a cart during a sandbag distribution to Washington, DC residents

Helping hand: Workers load sandbags into vehicles during a sandbag distribution to Washington, DC residents in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irene near R.F.K. Stadium today

Taking cover: Charles Foster of Long Neck, Delaware, relaxes with a book as he joins over 275 other people who checked into the Red Cross center at Indian River High School to ride out Hurricane Irene in Dagsboro

Barriers: Pedestrians walk past sandbags laid down at downtown Manhattan, which will be used to control possible floods

Full defence: Sandbags are used to surround a basement entrance as New Yorkers brace themselves for Irene.

Experts guessed that no other hurricane in American history had threatened as many people.
North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue said Irene inflicted significant damage along her state's coast, but that some areas were unreachable because of high water or downed power lines.
'Folks are cut off in parts of North Carolina, and obviously we're not going to get anybody to do an assessment until it's safe,' she said.At least 2.3 million people were under orders to move to somewhere safer, though it was unclear how many obeyed or, in some cases, how they could.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told 6,500 troops from all branches of the military to get ready to pitch in on relief work, and President Barack Obama visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command centre in Washington and offered moral support.

'It's going to be a long 72 hours,' he said, 'and obviously a lot of families are going to be affected.'

In Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter declared a state of emergency, the first for the city since 1986, when racial tensions were running high.

'We are trying to save lives and don't have time for silliness,' he said.

The storm arrived in Washington just days after an earthquake damaged some of the capital's most famous structures, including the Washington Monument.

Irene could test Washington's ability to protect its national treasures and its poor.

In New Jersey, the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, just a few miles from the coast, shut down as a precaution as Irene closed in. And Boston's transit authority said all bus, subway and commuter rail service would be suspended all day Sunday.
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Mama Salma Kikwete Aendesha Harambee Ya Kuchangisha Fedha Kwaajili Ya Tamasha La MOWE

Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi wa WAMA pia Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete akiongea na Wajasiriamali Aug 26,2011 jinini Dar es Salaam wakati wa hafla ya uzinduzi wa uchangishaji wa fedha kwaajili ya Tamasha la Wajasiriamali (MOWE) 2011 litalofanyika jijini Dar es Salaam, ambapo mwaka huu Taasisi ya WAMA ndio mratibu wa Tamasha hilo.Jumla ya zaidi milioni 55 zimechangwa katika hafla hiyo na kauli mbiu ya mwka huu ya MOWE ( MIAKA 50 WANAWAKE WAJASIRIAMALI TUNAWEZA-TUTUMIE FURSA),(kulia ni Mwenyekiti wa MOWE Tanzania Elihaika Mrema,na (kushoto) ni Mwakilishi wa Katibu Mkuu kutoka Wizara ya Viwanda na Biashara Consolata I.

Mkurugenzi wa Shirika la Kazi Duniani nchini Alexio Musindo akizungumza katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa uchangishaji wa fedha kwaajili ya Tamasha la wajasiriamali (MOWE) yaani Month of Women Enterprenuers,

Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi ya WAMA Mama Salma Kikwete akipokea vitabu kutoka kwa muwakililishi kutoka Ofisi ya Mkurugenzi wa Shirika la Kazi Duniani nchini Tanzania Gloria Kavishe(kulia) katika hafla ya Uzinduzi wa uchangiaji wa fedha kwaajili ya Tamasha la Wajasiriamali (MOWE) August 26,2011, Vitabu hivyo vimekabidhiwa kwaajili ya kuwasaidia wanafunzi wa shule ya mfano ya watoto yatima WAMANAKAYAMA iliopo Rufiji mkoa wa Pwani,

Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi ya WAMA Mama Salma Kikwete akipokea hundi ya shilingi milioni tano (5m/-) kutoka kwa Mwakilishi wa Bank ya CRDB (kulia)kwaajili ya kuchangia tamasha la wajasiriamali wanawake (MOWE) 2011 , (aug 26,2011)) jijini Dar es Salaam, Zaidi ya shiligi 55 milioni zimechangwa.(55,368,500/)

Baadhi ya Wanawake wajasiriamali wakifuatilia hotuba ya mgeni rasmi Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi ya WAMA Mama Slama Kikwete (Aug 26,2011) katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa uchangishaji wa fedha kwaajili ya Tamasha la wajasiriamali (MOWE) jijini Dar es Salaam

Picha ya pamoja ya wajumbe wa kamati ya maandalizi ya MOWE na vbaadhi ya viongozi wa meza kuu akiwepo Mwenyekiti wa WAMA Mama Salma Kikwete.Picha na Mwanakombo Juma-MAELEZO

Rostam Aziz; " Kweli Ni Malumbano, Kweli Ni Maneno!"

.... Najiweka pembeni, naepuka msongamano

      Mola nijalie, nipate changu na mie

      Mola nijalie, mabaya yasinifikie!" ( Msanii 20 percent)

Kuna kisa hiki; Julius Nyerere aliwahi kumwomba Andy Chande  agombee ubunge Tabora Mjini kwa tiketi ya TANU. Ni kwenye uchaguzi wa mwaka 1960. Andy alimwambia Julius; " I would better serve my country as a businessman than a politician". Julius Nyerere hakufurahia majibu ya Andy Chande.  Miaka mingi baadae, Julius alimwelewa Andy. Naam, historia ni mwalimu mzuri.

Mkanganyiko Wa Leo; Kipi Kimemkuta Jairo?

 

Ndugu zangu, 

Nchi yetu sasa imekumbwa na masika ya habari, imekuja na mafuriko pia. Ndio,  kuna tuliofunikwa na  mafuriko ya habari, hatujui ni ipi ya kuanza nayo.

Lakini,  hili sakata la Jairo na Bunge ni burudani pia. Tafsiri yangu inakuja siku sijazo. Nimeona nianze na mkanganyiko huu; najiuliza, hivi Jairo kapelelekwa likizo, kasimamishwa au kapumzishwa?

Si tuliambiwa kuwa Jairo alikuwa kwenye likizo fupi ya malipo? Juzi hapa karudishwa kazini kwa mbwembwe, au tuseme kakatishwa likizo yake na Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi. Na sasa karudishwa kwenye likizo ndefu na Mheshimiwa Rais!

Ni likizo ndefu kwa vile itasubiri mpaka Kamati Teule ya bunge imalize uchunguzi wake, si leo, si kesho. Maana, ripoti ya uchunguzi itasomwa na kujadiliwa bungeni Novemba mwaka huu. Ndio, mwezi kabla ya Krismasi na kufunga mwaka. Hivyo tunaweza kusema; likizo ya Jairo inaweza kuunganishwa na likizo yake ya Krismasi.  Huu ni mkanganyanyiko, au?

Na vipi hao watumishi wanaosukuma gari la Jairo pichani?  Yaonekana walichukua ' Mapumziko mafupi' . Wakaacha ofisi zao na kwenda kusukuma gari la Jairo. Au labda walikuwa wanakwenda kazini na njiani wakaliona gari la Katibu wao Mkuu, kisha wakaitana na kuanza kulisukuma!

Na aliyechangisha fedha za maua ya kumkaribisha Katibu Mkuu naye aliacha ofisi yake na kupita kila idara kuchangisha, au? 

Na Utumishi wa Umma una miiko na maadili yake. Inasemwa; Goverments will come and go, but civil servants will stay. Ndio, Serikali huja na kuondoka, lakini utumishi wa umma hubaki pale pale.

Ni kukiuka miiko na maadili ya Utumishi wa umma  kwa jamaa hao pichani kuacha kuutumikia umma na kumtumikia mtendaji wa Serikali, tena kwa kusukuma gari lake! Tunajua, kuwa Civil servants nao ni binadamu; wana ushabiki wa Simba na Yanga, Man United na Chelsie, CCM na Chadema na mengineyo. Lakini, weledi kwa maana ya profesionalism  ni kuweka ushabiki kando na kufanya kazi ya utumishi wa umma, kwa serikali yeyote iwayo, ali mradi imechaguliwa na wananchi.

Na Ngeleja nae kwenye picha ndogo? Naye ni habari, ni burudani pia. Lakini, hata kwenye football kuna half time.  Twendeni kwenye ' mapumziko' mafupi! Vinginevyo, tutapelekwa ' likizo ndefu'- Isiyo na malipo itakayopelekea ' pumziko la milele'!

Maggid, 

                                                                                                     Iringa.

Wanted dead or alive: £1m reward to capture runaway Gaddafi as rebels pose inside his famous Bedouin tent

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  Catch me if you can: On-the-run Colonel Gaddafi has a £1m bounty on his head to be caught dead or alive
  Dictator escaped through tunnels to 'secret hideout in Tripoli'
• Gaddafi's daughter says Libyans must unite against Nato
• Tent where Gaddafi met Tony Blair is overrun
• Looters steal TVs and joyride in the dictator's golf buggies
• Bedrooms and sitting rooms trashed and photo albums taken
• Libya will be reduced to 'volcanoes, fire and lava', vows Gaddafi
• 'There's no danger, I drove through Tripoli yesterday', he claims
• Fighters preparing to enter network of tunnels under compound
• 400 people killed in the three day battle for Tripoli, rebels say
• British reporters trapped in Rixos Hotel finally released

 Libyan rebels today offered a £1m reward to capture Gaddafi as the hunt intensified to find the runaway leader.
The opposition council in Benghazi hopes that the sum will tempt members of Gaddafi's inner circle to turn him in. The rebels will have large amounts of cash available when Libyan assets are unfrozen and they have promised amnesty to anybody who captures or kills Gaddafi.
The offer came after the toppled dictator fled his palace in Tripoli and is believed to have escaped through a 2,000 mile network of tunnels running through the country.
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Raided: A rebel holds a Kalashnikov automatic rifle as he kicks over a sofa in the infamous Bedouin tent where Gaddafi carried out business deals

The deal in the desert: Prime Minister Tony Blair meets Gaddafi in the same tent that has now been ransacked. It is identifiable by the camel-lined fabric adorning its sides

Leaving behind a deserted mansion, Libyans rummaged through the forbidden home of the leader - even taking their children along to see the ruins of the fallen leader's home.
Rebels were pictured overturning couches and breaking up furniture in Gaddafi's Bedouin tent - the scene of his famous meeting with Tony Blair in 2004.
As fighting continued, a woman who said she was Gaddafi's only daughter, Aisha, told loyalist television channel Al Orouba today that Libyans must unite against Nato and unite behind her father.
'I tell the Libyan people to stand hand-in-hand against Nato,' she told the TV station by telephone. 'I tell the Libyan people not to fear the armed forces.The leader is in the right.'  
Despite insistence from the Gaddafi inner circle that they still have the upper hand in the war, the first pictures emerged of rebels destroying the luxury confines of Gaddafi's former compound.

Compound carnage: A rebel fighter sprays graffiti over an oil painting hanging over the luxury bed once slept in by the dictator before he fled the area

Inside the rat's lair: Rebel fighters rummage through Gaddafi's compound today. Sofas have been overturned and graffiti is scribbled on the walls

Free for all: A Libyan man holds his child as he celebrates among rebel fighters in front of Gaddafi's iconic gold fist statue

Rebel fighters look through an album they found inside Gaddafi's compound in Bab Al-Aziziya, Tripoli. Condoleezza Rice is seen on one of the pages

One Libyan wearing army camouflage sprayed graffiti onto an oil painting hanging above Gaddafi's bed. Lengths of wood from the ceiling collapsed onto the mattress and glass in the room was smashed.
Elsewhere in the building, sofas in the Gaddafi clan's sitting room were overturned as men wandered through the different rooms.
They found a treasured photo album featuring pictures of Gaddafi with other world leaders. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is seen on one of the pages.
In the grounds of the main compound, jubilant Libyans celebrated alongside rebel fighters. One man even brought his two young children along.

Burning: Smoke rises above one of Gaddafi's infamous Bedouin tents where he is reported to have slept surrounded by female bodyguards holding machine guns

Smile for the camera: Armed rebels take pictures in front of the iconic golden fist statue which today overlooked fires

The garden of evil: Rebel fighters rush into the leafy grounds where Gaddafi once strolled, plotting his tyrannical moves

Gaddafi last night made a defiant speech from his hideout in which he vowed that the fight against Libyan rebels would end in 'death or victory'.
In a desperate attempt to dent the rebels’ morale after they had ransacked his compound earlier in the day, he also claimed the withdrawal from his Bab al-Aziziya fortress was merely a 'tactical move'.
'I have been out a bit in Tripoli discreetly, without being seen by people, and... I did not feel that Tripoli was in danger,' Gaddafi said. 
In a second statement, he pledged to turn Libya into ‘volcanoes, lava and fire’ - echoes of Saddam Hussein's parting shot in 1991 when he set fire to oil fields in Kuwait.
But the aggressive messages did little to intimidate rebels who were fighting today in a southern area of the city where Gaddafi may be hiding.
There was also heavy bombing of the Gaddafi compound by government forces and clashes in the Abu Salim part of the city.

Children of war: A young boy plays on top of a tank belonging to forces loyal to Gaddafi, which was captured by rebel fighters, in the city centre of Zawiyah

Cupboards are bare: Rebels stomp through one of the rooms in Gaddafi's home that appears to have once been used as a kitchen

Rebels use their AK47 assault rifles to smash through shutters and break into a living room at Gaddafi's palace

A rebel fighter climbs on top of Gaddafi's golden fist statue which he built after fending off U.S. airstrikes in 1986

'We think Gaddafi is still hiding somewhere in Tripoli. He is likely to be in the al-Hadhba al-Khadra area,' the official in Tripoli, who gave his name as Abdulrahman, said. 'There is fighting in the al-Hadhba al-Khadra area.'
In his radio address, Gaddafi also told residents they must 'cleanse' Tripoli of the rebels and free it from the 'devils' who have overrun it. The beleaguered tyrant vowed victory or martyrdom in his fight to remain in power.
Another message was aired on two Arabic networks in which Gaddafi vowed 'to clear the city of Tripoli and eliminate the criminals, traitors and rats. They are hiding between the families and inside the civilian houses. It's your duty to enter these houses and take them out. The rebels will slaughter you and desecrate your bodies.'
He had been speaking to a Tripoli radio station but his whereabouts after leaving the compound remain a mystery.
The United States believes that he is still in Libya, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan said today.

Party atmosphere: Wearing Gaddafi's prized hat, an enormous gold chain and clutching his walking stick and wig, the rebel who broke into the dictator's bedroom celebrates alongside Libyans

Stamped out: Rebels trample on a bust of Gaddafi yesterday as they screamed chants claiming that they were going to get him

If the cap fits...: Colonel Gaddafi (left) pictured in military uniform in 2009 and (right), a rebel proudly shows off the same cap after ransacking the dictator's compound

The leader is believed to have escaped his compound in a 2,000 mile network of secret vaults under the capital which lead to key buildings, airports and military bases.
One of the underground tunnels is known to surface at the Rixos Hotel 1.5km away where 35 international journalists were trapped earlier but have since been freed. Another tunnel leads to the coastline while a third comes up at Mitiga Airport 7km away.
Blockades and checkpoints have been set up around the capital, but if Gaddafi is able to leave Tripoli, he could find a safe haven 500km away in the east in his home town of Sirte, from which scud missiles were fired at rebels yesterday.
Gaddafi could also head 775km south to Sabha, his ancestral home, where he was reported to have built nuclear bunkers in the 1980s. From there he could travel through the desert or fly to neighbouring Chad, the country from which he recruited hundreds of mercenaries.
There were also suggestions that he could travel west to Algeria although sources today suggest that he has remained in Tripoli.

Gaddafi rides in his golf cart earlier this year, and right, rebels wave their tricolor flag and joyride in the same vehicle that Gaddafi would have once used to drive around his now fallen compound

Stocking up: A Libyan rebel holds weapons taken from Gaddafi's Bab Al-Aziziya compound yesterday after the stronghold fell to the revolution

The tunnels were built by Western companies, however, few people have knowledge of the full extent of the network.
The 69-year-old's remaining forces are said to be heading for Sirte, raising the prospect of a bloody final showdown with the rebels.
There pockets of resistance today from government forces around the fallen compound and at the border with Tunisia. Pockets of motor and rocket fire were heard around Tripoli as die-hard Gaddafi loyalists with 'lots to lose' battled with rebels.
There were even fears that Gaddafi could unleash an arsenal of chemical weapons or poison the country's water supply.
Al Jazeera correspondent Evan Hill said: 'Explosions have been heard here and occasional gunfire. Rebels told me there are snipers about and that four people have been injured by gunshots.'
British journalists were among the foreign nationals who had been trapped inside the Rixos hotel by gunmen loyal to Gaddafi. The corporation's Matthew Price said he was one of around 35 foreigners, including journalists and politicians, who were inside the besieged establishment.
The hotel, which the regime has allowed international journalists to use, was the scene of Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam's surprise reappearance earlier this week and has remained in the hands of those loyal to the dictator even as large parts of the capital fell to rebel advances.
A few miles away from the hotel a Maltese boat, Triva 1, has allowed British nationals fleeing Tripoli to board.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office posted messages on its website and Twitter in the early hours to alert UK citizens remaining in Libya. It stressed it expects only a small number of British nationals to leave on the boat as most were evacuated during its own operations.
The FCO continues to advise anyone remaining in Libya to leave, warning of the possibility of retaliatory attacks from pro-Gaddafi forces as a result of the international intervention.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on Muammar Gaddafi to recognise his 42-year rule over Libya was over and stand down his forces.
Mr Hague insisted the Libyan people had delivered a 'decisive rejection' of the dictator and dismissed his vow to fight on as 'delusional'.
'I think it is time now for Colonel Gaddafi to stop issuing delusional statements,' he said.