Chanting, screaming, fireworks, hugs, and waving Libyan rebel flags were seen outside the Libyan Embassy in Cairo until early Monday morning, as the success of the February 17 revolution seemed to be eminent. Libyan masses outside the embassy were astonished that Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi finally lost his battle for power after rebels entered the Libyan capital of Tripoli and arrested two of Gadhafi's sons, and excited to gain their freedom after 42 years of “slavery.” Egyptian supporters of the Libyan revolution and the Libyan demonstrators chanted "Raise your head up, you are a free Libyan," "Long live Libya," "Tripoli youth, today must be the last night," and "The martyrs' blood won't be in vain." “The Libyan revolution had such a difficult birth,” said the famous Libyan singer and composer Hamid al-Shaeri, who lives in Egypt. “I'm glad that it finally succeeded.” “I feel like a prisoner who was imprisoned 42 years for a crime he didn't commit and finally took his freedom,” said one of the Libyan youth outside the Libyan embassy. The Egyptian armed forces and police guarded the embassy from the crowds that chanted, "The embassy must fall today." Demonstrators attempted to break into the embassy to replace the green flag of the Gadhafi regime with the rebels' green, red, and black flag. Egyptian security forces outside the embassy prevented a break in. Protestors showed no sign of stopping their celebration outside the embassy until receiving word that Gadhafi ws arrested, had fled, or is killed.
