THIRTY FIVE JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN HOSTAGES AMID FIERCE BATTLE BETWEEN THE REBEL FORCES AND THE STRUGGLING GOVERNMENT FORCES.

Thirty five journalists have been taken hostages by unspecified forces and kept in a hotel in the Down town city of Tripoli a midst fierce fight between the Rebel forces and the struggling government forces that have continued to inflict much damages on the Rebel forces in terms of property damages and thousands of human lives that have been lost since the Rebel forces entry in to Tripoli two days ago and particularly after the release of Muamar Gadhafi latest radio speech that emphasized his remarkable stand until death against the Rebel forces and his current position as the President of Libya, eventhough nobody has seen the President in person since the Rebels entry in to Tripoli. The disturbing circumstances of lack of government authority and control in the capital city Tripoli has prevailed, even after the Rebel's claim of the capture of several parts of the city of Tripoli that entailed the Bab AL assizia the President compound.