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Gaddafi's Compound: Swimming Pool, Mermaid Couch, Hidden Tunnel, More (Photos)

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Libyan rebels take souvenir pictures on Wednesday, August 24 under the tent where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi used to receive foreign dignitaries and officials at his Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli.

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Libyan rebels stand next to the entrance of a tunnel at the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli on Thursday, August 25.

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Rebel fighters search a room in the bunker of the main compound in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli on Thursday.

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Rebel fighters search a room in the bunker of the main compound in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli on Thursday.

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Rebel fighters and civillians walk near the swimming pool inside the house of Aisha Gaddafi, Gaddafi's daughter.

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A rebel fighter poses for a photo as he sits on a couch framed by a golden mermaid with the face of Aisha Gaddafi, Gaddafi's daughter, in her Tripoli house.

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Rebel fighters try clothes in the house of Aisha Gaddafi.

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Rebel fighters enter a bunker in the Gaddafi's main compound on Thursday.

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Telephones inside a bunker of Gaddafi's main compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli.

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A damaged electric golf cart is jammed against the wall of a tunnel in the bunker of Gaddafi's compound

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A hole caused by the NATO bombings in Gaddafi's compound.

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A rebel fighter seen at the parking lot near the house of Al-Saadi Gaddafi, Gaddafi's son.

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Rebel fighters, gesture and climb on the monument in Gaddafi's compound on Thursday.

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