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TOPSHOT - The National Transitional Council-adopted Libyan flag flies behind the iconic golden-fist monument taken from fugitive Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's Bab Al-Azizya compound in Tripoli, at a military base in Misrata, on September 8, 2011. Rebels removed the sculpture, which depicts a golden fist crushing a fighter jet, and took it to Misrata where they plan to display it as a symbol of victory over Kadhafi and his forces. The monument was comissioned by Kadhafi following the 1986 bombing of Libya by US aircraft. On August 23, 2011, rebels in Tripoli breached the Bab al-Azizya compound and celebrated their victory in front of the monument. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo by Carl DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)