Moammar Gadhafi

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On Libya, Obama Played It Perfectly
On Libya, Obama
Played It Perfectly
OPINION
Oct 21, 2011 1:48 PM CDT

On Libya, Obama Played It Perfectly

He ignored critics who demanded US lead the attacks: David Ignatius

(Newser) - President Obama's "Mr. Cool" approach worked like a charm in Libya, writes David Ignatius. Recall that Obama took heat for doing too much (pushing for military action instead of a mere no-fly zone) and for doing too little (allowing the US to take a back seat to the...

Libya After Moammar Gadhafi: Can Democracy Work?
 Libya Post-Gadhafi: Now What? 
Oct 21, 2011 10:30 AM CDT

Libya Post-Gadhafi: Now What?

Tribal society faces barriers to unification

(Newser) - Libya is finally getting a shot at democracy—but experts expect growing pains as a divided tribal society makes the shift from decades of authoritarianism. Historically, such transitions have not gone well, political scientists tell the Christian Science Monitor . “We would actually feel fairly pessimistic about the prospects for...

Moammar Gadhafi Burial Delayed
 Gadhafi Burial Delayed 
ICC wants DNA?
Oct 21, 2011 7:46 AM CDT

Gadhafi Burial Delayed

UN to probe death; ICC wants his DNA

(Newser) - Libya's transitional leadership has abandoned plans to follow Islamic tradition and bury Moammar Gadhafi today. Officials say they are going to delay the dictator's burial until they can investigate the circumstances of his death and decide on where to inter his body, the AP reports. For now, the...

Bodies of Gadhafi, Son Put on Display in Misrata

Libyans crowd in to take photos

(Newser) - It's going to get harder and harder to avoid gruesome images of Moammar Gadhafi. NPR reports that his unclothed body went on display at a private house in Misrata today, with Libyans crowding in to take photos. (Getty has images here via Huffington Post, but note they are most...

Libyans Jubilant Over Gadhafi's Death

Street celebrations take place at home and elsewhere

(Newser) - Libyans at home and abroad took to the streets today to celebrate the death of you know who . “This is the happiest moment of my life,” says a 22-year-old driver in Benghazi. “When I heard the news on television I didn’t believe it; I ran off...

Gadhafi&#39;s Last Moments Unclear
 Gadhafi's Last Moments Unclear 
Oct 20, 2011 2:04 PM CDT

Gadhafi's Last Moments Unclear

Video shows him alive after capture

(Newser) - What exactly transpired in Moammar Gadhafi's last moments remains unclear. A video from Al Jazeera shows a badly injured Gadhafi captured alive and being loaded by anti-Gadhafi fighters into an ambulance in Sirte. (The grisly video along with photos are in the gallery.) He was dead soon after:...

Obama to Libya: 'You Have Won Your Revolution'

Death marks end of 'long and painful chapter,' he says

(Newser) - President Obama this afternoon praised the news of Moammar Gadhafi's death , calling it "the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya," reports AP . "Today we can definitively say that the Gadhafi regime has come to an end." And to the...

Clinton Gets Gadhafi News on BlackBerry

And she says ... 'wow'

(Newser) - So how does a world leader react to big world news? Pretty much the way everyone else does, apparently. "Wow," says Hillary Clinton when she sees unconfirmed reports of Moammar Gadhafi's capture on her BlackBerry. "Huh." (See the CBS video below.) Then she tells...

Don't Shoot, Cried Gadhafi: Reports

Libya PM confirms death; White House expected to comment soon

(Newser) - The graphic photos have been making the rounds (if you've haven't seen them, and can stomach it, page through the gallery), as updates on the death of Moammar Gadhafi pour in. The news remains unconfirmed by US officials, but the AP reports that reaction from the White House...

Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead: NTC
 Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead: NTC 
Oct 20, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead: NTC

Officials says he was wounded when NATO warplanes attacked his convoy

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi is dead, according to the National Transitional Council. Libyan revolutionary fighters took the city of Sirte today, and in the process captured the former strongman, who was wounded in both legs while trying to flee the city in a convoy that NATO planes attacked, a senior NTC official...

US Eyed Cyberattack on Libya
 US Eyed Cyberattack on Libya 
Oct 18, 2011 8:09 AM CDT

US Eyed Cyberattack on Libya

Use of cyberweapons was debated, then rejected

(Newser) - The Pentagon seriously considered unleashing a cyberattack on Libya to take out the Gadhafi regime's air defenses before airstrikes began in March, officials say. But after an intense debate, administration officials decided against using a cyberattack to shield allied aircraft, the New York Times reports. The cyberattack option was...

Gadhafi Son Sought as Fighting Rocks Sirte

NTC fighters on verge of taking Gadhafi's hometown

(Newser) - Forces fighting for Libya's new regime say they are on the verge of taking Sirte, Moammar Gadhafi's hometown and one of just two Libyan cities still held by pro-Gadhafi fighters. But a spokesman for the National Transitional Council says that contrary to earlier reports, there has been no...

Street Battles Begin in Gadhafi's Hometown

Last bastion of Sirte is poised to fall, finally

(Newser) - With NATO warplanes circling overhead, revolutionary fighters battled block by block today as snipers rained fire from rooftops in fierce street fighting in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown—the most important remaining bastion of support for the fugitive leader. Revolutionary forces launched a major attack yesterday, pushing into the Mediterranean coastal...

NATO at Odds on When to Stop Bombing Libya

US pushing to continue the air campaign for now

(Newser) - Friction is growing within NATO over when to end its air campaign in Libya, with some arguing for a quick exit and others, including the US, arguing that the campaign should continue until the last remnants of Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists are brought to heel. “It’s over,”...

Lockerbie Bomber: My Role in Bombing 'Exaggerated'

Al-Megrahi says he only has 'days, weeks, months' to live

(Newser) - From a bed at his Tripoli home, a frail-looking Abdel Basset al-Megrahi insisted to Reuters that his role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was smaller than people think. "The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks, or months" to live,...

Libya's NTC Thinks Gadhafi Is Hiding in Desert

Latest NTC theory has him near the Algerian border

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi remains at large as the fight for his hometown of Sirte continues, but Libya's new leaders have a new theory on where he is: in the desert near the Algerian border. A leader of the National Transitional Council tells Reuters that Gadhafi is likely being protected by...

Libyan Forces Fight for Gadhafi's Hometown

New leaders promise interim government in coming week

(Newser) - With NATO jets roaring overhead, revolutionary forces fought their way into Moammar Gadhafi's hometown today in the first significant push into the stubborn stronghold in about a week. Libya's new leaders also tried to move on the political front, promising to announce in the coming week a new...

Gadhafi Rep: French, British 'Mercenaries' Captured

Provisional authority continues to struggle for full control

(Newser) - As Libya’s revolutionary forces continue to fight Moammar Gadhafi for control, a spokesperson for Gadhafi said yesterday that 17 “mercenaries” have been captured in regime stronghold Bani Walid. That number includes what he called mostly French "technical experts" and "consultative officers." Two are English, one...

Tony Blair Lobbied Gadhafi for JP Morgan: Telegraph

Monster or treasure trove?

(Newser) - Villain-of-the-hour Moammar Gadhafi apparently wasn't too much of a monster for at least one US investment bank. The Telegraph is reporting that former PM Tony Blair lobbied Gadhafi and his family for business on behalf of JP Morgan. Blair was one of three "prominent Western businessmen," including...

Anti-Gadhafi Forces Claim Control of His Hometown

Coastal stronghold of Sirte reportedly falls

(Newser) - Fighters for Libya’s interim government say they have captured Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte after heavy fighting, reports the Guardian . "Thwar Misrata (the Misrata revolution) now control the entrances to Sirte city," said a statement from the Misrata military council. If true, and the anti-Gadhafi forces...

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