numerous reports on twitter, some citing Reuters citing Al Jazeera, some citing AJ (although it is not on the English home page) on numerous items
1. Brigade providing personal security to country's leader has laid down its arms and surrendered
2. That two sons have been arrested, including Saif
3. Some report that the dictator has himself been shot dead at or near a hotel
the Libya Live Blog at Al Jazeera is now down.
UPDATE
a tweet:
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya: Reports that the battalion in charge of protecting Gaddafi has given itself up to the revolutionaries #Libya
another tweet:
jeffjarvis Jeff Jarvis
here's the skynews streaming link; only ones on the ground with the libya story: bit.ly/ntv0jA
Here is one tweet from Reuters:
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Al Jazeera says brigade in charge of Gaddafi's security surrenders and lays down arms
Don't have any real details. just intended to make people aware things may now be happening.
2nd UPDATE from Al Jazeera English:
AJELive AJELive
#Libya rebels say they taken #Tripoli's Green Square in the city centre aje.me/riWV3R
Libyan Government spokesman warns of humanitarian crisis if rebels gain control
2:12 PM PT: phone call on CNN - women from Tripoli says people are pouring into the streets. That Qhaddafy is gone.
2:14 PM PT: A tweet: Livestation Livestation
Rebels say #Tripoli will fall tonight. Live on AJE bit.ly/aPhtuf and CNN bit.ly/9GL1HZ and Libya TV bit.ly/hEhUUL
2:15 PM PT: Al Jazeera English has live feeds - just had from Bengazi - now the spokesman for the regime from Tripoli
2:18 PM PT: Al Jazeera has the govt spokesman on one side of screen, pictures from Benghazi on other side of the screen.
Sounds like the spokesman is trying to rationalize the deaths that they will call.
Blaming NATO - saying rebels could not advance a meter without the NATO airstrikes