TRIPOLI: Libyan rebel fighters man the last checkpoint before the front line on the way to the city of Bani Walid, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Three weeks after the fall of Tripoli appeared to herald the end of Libya’s brutal war, the protracted battle over the loyalist bastions of Bani Walid and Sirte, Gadhafi’s hometown, has dashed hopes of a speedy “declaration of liberation” that would start the clock ticking on a transition to democracy. AP/PTI(AP9_14_2011_000050B)