A Libyan rebel fighter celebrates with gunfire after he and others repelled an attack by a government fighter jet flying overhead their rebel checkpoint position seconds earlier  March 08, 2011 in Ras Lanouf, Libya. For more than 2 weeks rebels in Eastern Libya have been battling pro-Qadaffi forces, seeking to topple the nearly 42 year old dictatorship of Col Moammar el-Qadaffi.