Libyan rebels said on Tuesday they are ready for the final battle of their more than six-month uprising after their leaders gave Moammar Gadhafi's last loyalists a deadline of Saturday – the day after the end of a Muslim holiday feast – to surrender.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the head of the rebel National Transitional Council, said the respite was offered to mark the three-day Eid al-Fitr feast that starts Wednesday in Libya and follows the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
