'..the long anticipated battle for Tripoli itself .. coming closer.'

<blockquote>'One of the few things that was certain was that the long anticipated battle for Tripoli itself – if not here yet – was coming closer.'

- Luke Harding and Peter Beaumont, Libyan rebels close in amid reports of fierce fighting in Tripoli, 21 August 2011</blockquote>


Context

<blockquote>(Focus Tripoli) - '..Tripoli .. to Free Capital' - '..enter the Libyan capital and kick out Muammar Qaddafi.'

"Now [Qaddafi] can only defend himself against us." - Commander Col. Jumma Ibrahim

Battle in Libya not a ‘stalemate’ - By Peter O’Neil</blockquote>