Crisis heightens in Libya (17 images)

Libyans burn books authored by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at a local park of the Benghazi, Libya on March 2, 2011. Gadhafi warned the West against intervening in the rebellion against his rule. UPI/Mohamaad Hosam

Libyans grieve and attend on March 3, 2011 in Benghazi the funerals of Libyan rebels killed the previous day while defending a strategically important oil refinery town from a regime counter-attack in Brega, as five others fighters were also buried in Ajdabiya, 150 kilometres (94 miles) to the west. UP/Mohamaad Hosam

A Libyan stands atop a burning heap of books authored by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at a local park of the Benghazi, Libya on March 2, 2011. Gadhafi warned the West against intervening in the rebellion against his rule. UPI/Mohamaad Hosam

Libyans grieve and attend on March 3, 2011 in Benghazi the funerals of Libyan rebels killed the previous day while defending a strategically important oil refinery town from a regime counter-attack in Brega, as five others fighters were also buried in Ajdabiya, 150 kilometres (94 miles) to the west. UP/Mohamaad Hosam