Gaddafi "surrounded," says rebel official

Cairo - Libyan rebels are surrounding the toppled leader Moamer Gaddafi, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, the spokesman for the rebels' military council in Tripoli, Anis Sharif, said Wednesday.

He did not disclose Gaddafi's whereabouts, but said he was still in Libya.

Sharif was quoted by the pro-rebel Free Libya TV as saying that Gaddafi had been tracked using high technology and human intelligence.

"Gaddafi is trapped in a 60-kilometre radius area surrounded by forces of the (rebels') Transitional National Council," he said.

"He can't get out," said Sharif, who added that rebel forces were preparing to either capture him or kill him.//DPA