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September 7, 2011 by benim
Benghazi – Muammar Gaddafi was last tracked heading for Libya’s southern border, the man leading the hunt for the deposed leader told Reuters, and French and Niger military sources said scores of vehicles carrying pro-Gaddafi forces had crossed into Niger. … read more »
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September 6, 2011 by benim
Scores of Libyan army vehicles have crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a dramatic, secretly negotiated bid by Muammar Gaddafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military sources from France and Niger told Reuters … read more »
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Tripoli – Libyan commandos fighting Muammar Gaddafi came close to capturing the toppled leader on Wednesday when they raided a private home in Tripoli where he appeared to have been hiding, Paris Match magazine said on Thursday. Citing a source … read more »
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Cairo – The Arab League gave its full backing to Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people on Thursday and said it was time for Libya to return to its permanent seat on … read more »
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Milan – Four Italian journalists who were freed on Thursday after being taken hostage by Muammar Gaddafi loyalists said they thought they would be killed by their captors. The ordeal suffered by the journalists – two from Corriere della Sera, … read more »
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About 1,000 rebels were this afternoon locked in a ferocious gun fight with Gaddafi’s forces at a besieged apartment where they say the dictator and his sons are cornered. The gunmen are exchanging fire with Gaddafi loyalists shooting from the … read more »
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A beleaguered Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Wednesday to fight on to death or victory after jubilant rebels forced him to abandon his Tripoli stronghold in an apparently decisive blow against the Libyan leader’s 42-year rule. Rebels ransacked Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya … read more »
Libyan rebels on Saturday said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi’s forces had sown minefields across its approaches. “There’s a big movement on all fronts around … read more »
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Ajdabiya – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Tuesday to resist both rebels and Nato air strikes, as the insurgents sought to consolidate gains on one front and readied to push forward on another. “Millions of people are on my … read more »
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Libyan rebels forced government troops from three western towns and broke the siege on another, a rebel commander said Friday, and NATO pounded 10 targets across the country. The heavy bombing and rebel victories, plus the first publicized diplomatic contact … read more »
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Powerful explosions rocked Tripoli as NATO pressed its air war Wednesday amid Libyan charges it has killed 718 civilians and reports that British ex-special forces soldiers are advising the rebels. NATO allies agreed Wednesday to extend the campaign in Libya … read more »
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Tripoli – At least three people died and 150 were wounded as Nato warplanes hit the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Tuesday, government spokesperson Mussa Ibrahim told reporters. “According to the information we have there are three dead and 150 … read more »
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TRIPOLI, Libya – Another high-ranking Libyan official has defected and fled the country amid a widening NATO campaign of bombings as well as leafletting and other psychological warfare to persuade Moammar Gadhafi’s troops to stop fighting. Shukri Ghanem, the Libyan … read more »
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Libyans buried on Saturday 11 Muslim clerics killed in what Moamer Kadhafi’s regime said was a NATO air strike on the oil city of Brega that the alliance said targeted a military site. In Paris, meanwhile, senior Libyan rebel … read more »
Libyan state television carried brief audio tape remarks it said were by Muammar Gaddafi in which he taunted NATO as a cowardly crusader whose bombs could not kill him. The comments were aired on Friday after Italy’s foreign minister said … read more »
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Saif al Arab Gaddafi is reported to have been killed in the blast along with three of the colonel’s grandchildren Colonel Gaddafi last night survived a Nato missile strike that killed his youngest son. The Libyan government said Saif Al-Arab … read more »
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Misrata – Rebels in Misrata said they have pushed troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of the besieged city, after the Libyan leader’s compound took direct hits in a Nato air strike. Several rebel sources on Monday said regime forces … read more »
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NEW YORK – A Libyan woman who says she is the person who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists that she had been gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi’s troops told a CNN interviewer Monday that she is … read more »
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TRIPOLI, Libya – A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists that she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi’s troops was quoted by news media Monday as saying she is not in custody. Iman al-Obeidi … read more »
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As the U.S. debates its future participation in the Libyan conflict, defense officials slammed the brakes Thursday on any major American role aiding opposition groups and insisted that the Obama administration should not be the one to arm the rebels. … read more »
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TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi struck a defiant stance Thursday after two high-profile defections from his regime, saying the Western leaders who have decimated his military with airstrikes should resign immediately. Gadhafi’s message was undercut by its delivery — a … read more »
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