Libyan rebels take Gaddafi compound

"Britain's foreign minister, William Hague, has told the BBC that the fall of the Gaddafi compound was an "important" moment, reports the Press Association.

"The symbolism of it apart from anything else is important," he said.
"For anyone in Libya who thought the Gaddafi regime, that its writ still ran, that what Gaddafi's son was saying this morning was true - well they are really disabused of it when they can see what is happening at the compound there,

"So that is important. But equally of course we have all learned over the last five months not to place too much emphasis on any one development or one piece of news.

"We're in the death throes of this regime, it's a good thing that we've reached that point, the people of Libya have fought their way to that point against violent repression."

Asked where the dictator was, Mr Hague replied: "We don't know where he is, so I am not going to start speculating about that.""
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