Gunfire in Tripoli during marches

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;02&sol;gunfire-in-tripoli-during-marches&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"An anti-government protester celebrates on an army tank in the Libyan city of Albayda &lpar;AP&rpar;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;02&sol;min-gunfire-in-tripoli-during-marches&period;jpg" alt&equals;"An anti-government protester celebrates on an army tank in the Libyan city of Albayda &lpar;AP&rpar;"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Militias loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fired in the air in an attempt to disperse marches by opponents of his regime who defied a fierce clampdown to stage their first major protest in the Libyan capital Tripoli for several days&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Across rebellious cities in the east&comma; thousands held rallies in support of the Tripoli protesters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Protesters streamed out of a mosque in central Tripoli after prayers&comma; chanting for Gaddafi to be toppled&comma; and they were confronted by a force of troops and militiamen near Green Square&comma; witnesses said&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The militiamen fired in the air&comma; sending some in the anti-Gaddafi crowd running&comma; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The situation is chaotic in parts of Tripoli now&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&comma; adding that armed Gaddafi supporters were also speeding through some streets in vehicles&period; Other residents reported gunfire in other districts of the capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The planned march after Friday prayers was the first attempt to hold a major anti-Gaddafi rally in the capital &&num;8211&semi; the Libyan leader&&num;8217&semi;s most important stronghold &&num;8211&semi; since bloody clashes on Tuesday night&period; SMS messages were sent around urging&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Let us make this Friday the Friday of liberation&comma;&&num;8221&semi; residents said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However in the morning&comma; militiamen set up security cordons around many mosques&comma; intimidating opposition worshippers&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Armed young men with green armbands to show their support of Gaddafi set up checkpoints on several streets&comma; stopping cars and searching them&period; Tanks and checkpoints lined the road to Tripoli&&num;8217&semi;s airport&comma; witnesses said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tripoli&comma; home to nearly a third of Libya&&num;8217&semi;s six million people&comma; is the centre of the territory that remains under Gaddafi&&num;8217&semi;s control after the uprising that began on February 15 swept over nearly the entire eastern half of the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even in the pocket of north-western Libya around Tripoli&comma; 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